Oregon Trail

Where did the travellers of the Oregon Trail originally set out from?

• Nebraska

• Idaho

• Wyoming

• Missouri

How long was the Oregon Trail?

• 1,500 miles

• 3,000 miles

• 2,500 miles

• 2,000 miles

What was the most feared disease on the Oregon Trail?

• smallpox

• measles

• plague

• cholera

Who were the Pioneers?

• A baseball team
• People who cut down pine trees
• The first people to move west (ex. using the Oregon Trail)
• Men who moved west without their families

What livestock were the ones to pull the wagons?

• Buffalo and oxen

• buffalo, and horses

• Horses and oxen

• oxen and dogs

How long did it take to travel the Oregon Trail?

• 2 years

• 3 months

• 1-4 weeks

• 6-8 months

Travelers moved west using what?

• cars

• planes

• wagons

• ship

What time period did people use the Oregon Trail?

• 1750-60s

• 1800-10s

• 1840-50s

• 1880-90s

What is an emigrant?

• person who moves from one place to another

• person who moves from one country to another

• a species of bird often found on the Oregon Trail

• a trader with Native Americans

What mountain range did the Oregon Trail cross?

• Appalachians

• Sierra Nevadas

• Green Mountains

• Rocky Mountains