Moving West Vocabulary Practice

_______ means to go from one place to another place (by car, train, plane, ship/boat).

• Travel

• Eat

• Sleep

• Run

_______ is a noun that describes land in its wild, natural state (before people).

• Wilderness

• City

• Urban area

• Suburb

_______ is the part of the government that makes laws.

• Congress

• Senate

• Judiciary

• Executive

The practice of forced labor and restricted liberty

_______ is a preposition meaning past something; on the far side.

• Beyond

• Beside

• Between

• Before

A _______ is a noun for a ship powered by steam motors/engines.

• Steamboat

• Sailboat

• Rowboat

• Canoe

A ______ is a place where ships stop to load and unload goods.

• port

• canal

• station

• railroad

A ______ is a human-made waterway for boats to pass from one body of water to another.

• canal

• river

• lake

• port

To ______ goods means to engage in the business of buying and selling things.

• trade

• store

• manufacture

• consume

A ________ is a special wagon with angled sides, stronger wheels and is easy to repair.

• prairie schooner

• port

• canal

• steamboat