Chapter 5- California Here We Come

Question 1

demand

Answer 1

a need or desire for a good or service by people willing to pay for it.

Question 2

supply

Answer 2

an amount of a good or a service that is offered for sale

Question 3

frontier

Answer 3

land beyond the settled part of a country

Question 4

trailblazer

Answer 4

a person who makes a new trail for others to follow

Question 5

pass

Answer 5

an opening between high mountains

Question 6

fact

Answer 6

a statement that can be checked and proved to be true

Question 7

opinion

Answer 7

a statement that tells what the person who makes it thinks or believes

Question 8

immigrant

Answer 8

a person who comes from another place to live in a country

Question 9

pioneer

Answer 9

one of the first settlers in a place

Question 10

wagon train

Answer 10

a group of wagons, each pulled by horses or oxen

Question 11

fiction

Answer 11

made-up writing

Question 12

manifest destiny

Answer 12

the idea that the United States should expand to reach from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

Question 13

squatter

Answer 13

someone who lives in a place without permission

Question 14

rebel

Answer 14

a person who fights against the government

Question 15

republic

Answer 15

a form of government in which people elect their leaders

Question 16

right

Answer 16

a freedom that belongs to a person

Question 17

treaty

Answer 17

a written agreement between groups or countries

Question 18

How did trailblazers help other explorers and settlers?

Answer 18

Hailey

Question 19

Why did trappers from the United States head west to California?

Answer 19

Hailey

Question 20

What was “The Donner Party”?

Answer 20

Hailey

Question 21

What was the bear Flag republic?

Answer 21

Hailey

Question 22

Use the term ‘manifest destiny’ to explain the westward movement of American settlers.

Answer 22

Hailey

Question 23

Use the term treaty to describe the agreement that ended the Mexican-American War.

Answer 23

Hailey

Question 24

How is the way people move to new places today different from the way people moved to California in the 1800’s?

Answer 24

Hailey