The American West Quiz

The American West Quiz

5th Grade

20 Qs

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The American West Quiz

The American West Quiz

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Mexicanos.

Mormons.

Nez Perces.

pioneers.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Extending across a continent

claim.

transcontinental.

Manifest Destiny.

ranchero.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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

Rich families moved to America from Spain.

The United States acquired the land from Mexico.

Settlers from the East Coast learned how to speak Spanish.

Immigrants came from Latin America to seek a better life.

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

One of the first people to settle in a territory

Mexicano.

Mormon.

pioneer.

forty-niner.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The forty-niners traveled west for

gold.

free land.

railroad jobs.

religious freedom.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A wooden frame that fastens around an animal’s neck and is then attached to a wagon or other vehicle

collar.

fence.

pan.

yoke.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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.

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