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Westward Expansion Vocabulary Quiz

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Westward Expansion Vocabulary Quiz
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a short, catchy phrase used to express an idea or opinion?

Slogan
Route
Patent
Siege

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What do you call a person who takes risks to organize resources and produce new or better goods or services, hoping to gain a profit?

Prospector
Entrepreneur
Conquistador
Frontiersman

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is the term for joining or adding territory?

Import
Export
Annex
Impressment

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What do you call an explorer searching for gold, oil, minerals, or other valuable substances?

Pioneer
Prospector
Frontiersman
Conquistador

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a man-made waterway used to carry ships or irrigate crops?

Route
Reservation
Canal
Frontier

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What term describes the United States' addition of territory and migration of people to the west during the 19th century?

Annex
Westward expansion
Voluntary exchange
Impressment

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What do you call a soldier during the 16th and 17th centuries who defeated indigenous peoples in the Americas and took their land for Spain?

Pioneer
Frontiersman
Conquistador
Prospector

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