The people who settled in new areas of the frontier were called pioneers.

To communicate is how we talk or send messages to people or things.

To move to a new place and make it your home means to be unsettled.

A region or area of land is called a territory.

Transportation is how people move from one area to another.

The way we go from one place to another is called the route.

A train that carries wagons is called a wagon train.

A canal is waterway used to move things from place to place using boats.

Objects or structures on land that are not easy to recognize are called landmarks.

The word "back" is a synonym for the word front.

When something is created it is made for the first time.

When something is convenient it does not require a lot of effort or trouble.

Being able to do something for a long time is called endurance.

A voyage is a trip or journey.

"Iron horse" is a nickname given to the horses used for the Pony Express.

Pioneers had difficult journeys as they traveled westward on the Oregon Trail.

Sequoyah thought it was important to capture the Cherokee language in writing.

Many pioneer families moved west because there was more space for them and land.

Robert Fulton was the inventor of the Erie Canal.

Freight traveled all the way to the Pacific Ocean on canals.

The forced march of the Cherokee from their home to what was called "Indian Territory" by the U.S. government is known as the Oregon Trail.

The Pony Express is still used today to deliver mail in the U.S.

Robert Fulton was the inventor of the steamboat.

Pioneer families moved west for a better life.