WorksheetsExpanding West Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 12mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
American merchant who created the American Fur Company.
a)
John Jacob Astor
b)
Brigham Young
c)
John Sutter
d)
James K Polk
2.
Western fur traders and trappers were known as
a)
mountain men
b)
Mormons
c)
Californios
d)
forty-niners
3.
The 2000-mile-long trail that settlers followed from Independence, Missouri to the Willamette Valley in the Pacific Northwest.
a)
Oregon Trail
b)
Santa Fe Trail
c)
Mormon Trail
d)
I-15
4.
An important trail used mainly by traders that stretched from Independence, Missouri to New Mexico.
a)
Santa Fe Trail
b)
Mormon Trail
c)
Oregon Trail
d)
Antelope Drive
5.
The members of Joseph Smith's church who settled in what is now Utah were known as
a)
vaqueros
b)
Mormons
c)
mountain men
d)
Catholics
6.
He became head of the Mormon Church after the death of Joseph Smith and led his followers to what is now Utah.
a)
John Jacob Astor
b)
Jim Beckwourth
c)
Brigham Young
d)
Stephen F Austin
7.
This Mexican priest led a failed rebellion in an attempt to overthrow Spanish rule in Mexico.
a)
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
b)
Stephen F Austin
c)
Lorenzo de Zavala
d)
Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
8.
Agents hired by the Mexican government to bring settlers to Texas.
a)
empresarios
b)
Mormons
c)
vaqueros
d)
placer miners
9.
This agent started the first successful Texas colony on the lower Colorado River. Its first 300 family became known as the Old Three Hundred.
a)
James K Polk
b)
Stephen F Austin
c)
John Sutter
d)
Brigham Young
10.
The Mexican general who led the Mexican army during the Texas Revolution
a)
Stephen F Austin
b)
Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
c)
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
d)
James K Polk
11.
An abandoned mission near San Antonio that became an important battle site in the Texas Revolution.
a)
Gadsden Purchase
b)
Oregon Trail
c)
Rio Grande
d)
Alamo
12.
The event during which the Texans captured Santa Anna and forced him to sign the treaty giving Texas its independence.
a)
Battle of the Alamo
b)
Battle of San Jacinto
c)
Bear Flag Revolt
d)
The Donner Party
13.
The belief that it was America's fate to settle land all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
a)
The Declaration of Independence
b)
A Simple Plan
c)
Manifest Destiny
d)
The Trail of Tears
14.
U.S. President during the Texas Revolution and the Mexican-American War who strongly supported American westward expansion.
a)
Abraham Lincoln
b)
Stephen F Austin
c)
John Sutter
d)
James K Polk
15.
Mexican cowboys in California
a)
vaqueros
b)
forty-niners
c)
placer miners
d)
Californios
16.
The early California settlers who developed a lasting reputation for hospitality and skilled horse riding
a)
placer miners
b)
Californios
c)
vaqueros
d)
Mormons
17.
A conflict during which a small group of American settlers declared California to be an independent nation.
a)
Mexican-American War
b)
Texas Revolution
c)
Bear Flag Revolt
d)
War of 1812
18.
The treaty that ended the Mexican-American War and forced Mexico to turn over much of its northern territory to the U.S.
a)
Treaty of Paris
b)
Gadsden Purchase
c)
Bear Flag Revolt
d)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
19.
The U.S. Government paid Mexico $10 million for the southern parts of Arizona and New Mexico.
a)
Manifest Destiny
b)
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
c)
Gadsden Purchase
d)
Treaty of Paris
20.
A Swiss immigrant who was given permission to start a colony on the Sacramento River.
a)
Stephen F Austin
b)
James K Polk
c)
Sam Houston
d)
John Sutter
21.
A group of travelers who became trapped by heavy snows in the Sierra-Nevada mountains. Half of the party starved or froze to death.
a)
Donner party
b)
forty-niners
c)
vaqueros
d)
placer miners
22.
Gold-seeking migrants to California
a)
Packers
b)
vaqueros
c)
forty-niners
d)
Californios
23.
To search for gold
a)
hunt
b)
fish
c)
dig
d)
prospect
24.
Miners that used pans or other devices to gold nuggets out of loose rock or gravel
a)
placer miners
b)
vaqueros
c)
Californios
d)
traders
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