The Oregon Trail Passage Quiz

1. Many Americans wanted to claim the new lands for themselves and began to travel _______.

• a. north

• b. south

• c. east

• d. west

2. These Americans were called _____________ because they would be the first to settle in a new area.

• a. travelers

• b. populations

• c. pioneers

• d. farmers

3. The most common trail was the ___________ ________.

• a. Oreo Trail

• b. United Pathway

• c. Westward Trail

• d. Oregon Trail

4. The Oregon Trail went from ______________, Missouri to Oregon Country.

• a. Information

• b. Freedom

• c. western

• d. Independence

5. The trail was a ________ mile long trail that took about five months to cross.

• a. 2,000

• b. 20

• c. 200

• d. 20,000

6. Many pioneers overloaded their _________ with supplies. As they started on their journey, they would realize the wagons were too heavy, so they would throw items out onto the side of the trail.

• a. cars

• b. horses

• c. trucks

• d. wagons

7. Most pioneers used covered wagons on the trail. They were often called Prairie Schooners because they looked like _________ traveling along the prairie.

• a. planes

• b. cars

• c. boats

• d. trains

8. Pioneers traveled in groups called _________ _________. This was a group of covered wagons, usually around 100 of them.

• a. wagon trains

• b. wagon groups

• c. travel trains

• d. traveling caravans

9. Traveling west was difficult. One in ____ people that made the journey would not survive.

• a. five

• b. twelve

• c. seven

• d. ten

10. Those that made it to Oregon were rewarded with beautiful land, but they'd had to suffer many _____________ to get there.

• a. simplicities

• b. joys

• c. sights

• d. hardships