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hjh vocab 13

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A fur trapper or explorer who discovered trails through the Rocky Mountains.

a)

Mountain Trapper

b)

Mountain Man

c)

Trapper

2.

Trail from Missouri to Santa Fe, New Mexico.

a)

Missouri Trail

b)

New Mexico Trail

c)

Santa Fe Trail

3.

Trail from Illinois to Utah.

a)

Illinois Trail

b)

Utah Trail

c)

Mormon Trail

d)

Christian Trail

4.

Mormon leader.

a)

Brigham Young

b)

Thomas jefferson

c)

Alexander Hamilton

d)

John Adams

5.

Trail that ran westward from Independence, Missouri, to the Oregon Territory.

a)

Westward Expansion

b)

Missouri Trail

c)

Oregon Trail

6.

Disputed rich land that attracted many American settlers to the northwest.

a)

Oregon Territory

b)

westward expansion

c)

Northwest Territory

d)

Land Expansion

7.

To add to something else

a)

Cede

b)

Annex

8.

To give up.

a)

Cede

b)

Annex

9.

A person who went to California to find gold, starting in 1849.

a)

Forty-Niner

b)

Chief

10.

Spanning across a continent.

a)

Intercontinental

b)

Transcontinental

11.

A government in which people elect representatives to govern for them.

a)

Federalism

b)

Republicanism

c)

Republic

d)

Communism

12.

Treaty ending the war with Mexico.

a)

Treaty of Mexico City

b)

Treaty of Acapulco

c)

Treaty of Cancun

d)

Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

13.

Visit region given up by Mexico to the U.S. after the war with Mexico.

a)

Mexican Cede

b)

Mexican Annex

c)

Mexican cession

14.

Occurred when large numbers of people moved to California to find gold, starting in 1849.-California Gold Rush

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Belief that the U.S. would expand across the continent- westward expansion

a)

true

b)

false