Lesson 7 Questions

endurance

• the ability to go on for a long time despite pain or discomfort

• not being able to do something for a long time

landmarks

• things that are not easy to recognize

• objects or structures on land that are easy to see and recognize

route

• a way to get from one place to another place

• a way to stay in one place

venture

• a business activity which is not certain to succeed

• a business activity that will definitely succeed

What are some ways people traveled westward during the 1800s in the United States?

• steamboat

• canals such as the Erie Canal

• covered wagon

What was the main idea of this story?

• Westward Expansion

• The Pony Express

What was the Pony Express?

• a way for ponies to get around

• an overland way to send mail from Missouri to California

Who carried the mail on the Pony Express, and how did they travel the route from Missouri to California?

• Young men carried the mail using horses as their means of transportation

• Women carried the main riding on unicorns

How did the Pony Express riders know where to go?

• They didn't know where they were supposed to go

• They rode a set trail and used landmarks to guide them

Why were the young men who carried the mail required to be small?

• so the horses could go faster

• because they didn't like fat people