Knowledge Unit 7: Westward Expansion Review

What does the word expansion mean?

• getting rich

• getting smaller

• getting bigger

• being sad

a difficult situation that causes discomfort or suffering

• sympathy

• hardships

• ancestors

• voyage

people who first settled in a new area were called...

• pioneers

• canal

• Pony Express

• bison

_____ are objects or structures on land that are easy to recognize

• wagon train

• canal

• landmarks

• voyage

_____  is a region or area of land.

• endurance

• pioneers

• transportation

• territory

_____ means to move to a new place and make it your home (stay there).

• settle

• communication

• Iron Horse

• Sequoyah

Was the name “Iron Horse” a nickname given to the horses used for the Pony Express?

• YES

• NO

Was the Trail of Tears the forced march of the Cherokee from their homes to what was called “Indian Territory” by the U.S. government?

• YES

• NO

 Was Robert Fulton the inventor of the steamboat?

• YES

• NO

Which of the following were advantages of the steamboat?

• it could travel faster

• it was cheaper

• it did not depend on the wind or weather to be used

• all of the above