The Diverse Peoples of the West Assessment Review

A(n) ___________ is a person who is sent to try and persuade others to adopt a religion.

• immigrant

• missionary

• pioneer

• ranchos

Some newcomers to the West learned the skills to be cowboys from the -

• Mexicanos

• Mormons

• Nez Perces

• pioneers

Many Chinese immigrants found work helping to build -

• Salt Lake City

• the Oregon Trail

• San Francisco Harbor

• the transcontinental railroad

Which state was colonized mainly by Mormons?

• California

• Oregon

• Texas

• Utah

Many wealthy Californians owned huge plots of land called

• immigrant

• pioneers

• ranchos

• yoke

Why did the owners of many ranchos in the United States speak Spanish?

• Rich families moved to American from Spain

• The United States acquired the land from Mexico

• Colonists from the East Coast learned how to speak Spanish

• Immigrants came from Latin America to seek a better life

Why did Chief Joseph lead the Nez Perces toward Canada?

• to settle on a reservation

• to be safe from U.S. soldiers

• to find rivers with more salmon

• to start a war against the colonists

What was a miner's claim?

• the food the miner ate

• the tools the miner used

• the land the miner worked

• the money the miner saved

A(n) _________ is a person who leave his or her homeland to settle in a new country

• immigrant

• missionary

• pioneer

• yoke

People from the East Coast that traveled overland in wagons are called

• immigrants

• missionary

• pioneers

• ranchos