WorksheetsUnit 10 Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
large group of covered wagons moving westward
a)
wagon train
b)
boomtown
c)
siege
d)
prospector
e)
contiguous
2.
to add
a)
annex
b)
boomtown
c)
wagon train
d)
siege
e)
prospector
3.
town with great population increase in a short amount of time
a)
boomtown
b)
wagon train
c)
siege
d)
prospector
e)
contiguous
4.
military tactic surrounding a city in an attempt to take control of it
a)
siege
b)
boomtown
c)
wagon train
d)
prospector
e)
contiguous
5.
person searching for valuable resources such as gems or precious metals
a)
prospector
b)
boomtown
c)
wagon train
d)
siege
e)
contiguous
6.
connected
a)
contiguous
b)
joint occupation
c)
wagon train
d)
siege
e)
prospector
7.
American fur trappers and explorers who led the movement West
a)
mountain men
b)
joint occupation
c)
wagon train
d)
siege
e)
prospector
8.
a mass departure
a)
exodus
b)
joint occupation
c)
wagon train
d)
siege
e)
prospector
9.
a settler moving to a new and unfamiliar land
a)
pioneer
b)
joint occupation
c)
wagon train
d)
siege
e)
prospector
10.
someone who traveled to California seeking gold
a)
forty-niner
b)
joint occupation
c)
wagon train
d)
siege
e)
prospector
11.
the idea that the US had the right to expand it's land to the Pacific Ocean
a)
manifest destiny
b)
joint occupation
c)
wagon train
d)
siege
e)
prospector
12.
the amount by which something is won or lost
a)
margin
b)
joint occupation
c)
wagon train
d)
siege
e)
prospector
100 %
