Settlers Move West

What did "Frontier" mean to travelers coming west in the 1800's?

• edge of 2 countries

• wild

• White settlements stopped and Native settlements began.

• Native settlements

Adobe is a mixture of ____?

• water and sand

• water and clay

• straw and clay

• sand and straw

What does hardship mean? Pioneers had to face many hardships.

• illness

• death

• war

• great suffering

Imagine yourself as a pioneer in the 1800's. How might you keep yourself entertained on the long trek west?

Why did some settlers choose to make the trip west?

• Fight natives

• opportunities

• Hunt

describe in complete sentences and use text evidence two dangers that pioneers faced on the Oregon trail.

Why did people chose to travel in a caravan opposed to travel by themselves?

• Sickness

• Safer

• injury

• Drowning