Chapter 5 Social Studies

Question 0

Emigrants were heading for…..

Answer 0

California

Question 1

Why didn’t pioneers want to live in Nevada?

Answer 1

No water and too dry

Question 2

A covered wagon is a…

Answer 2

Prairie Schooner

Question 3

What was not in the Forty Mile Desert?

Answer 3

WATER

Question 4

Pioneer

Answer 4

A person who was first to settle in a new place

Question 5

Wagon Train

Answer 5

A group of wagons following each other

Question 6

Cholera

Answer 6

A disease that causes stomach cramps

Question 7

Disease

Answer 7

Sickness

Question 8

Emigrant

Answer 8

Someone who leaves one place to settle in another

Question 9

Donner Party

Answer 9

The group that was caught in a deadly snowstorm

Question 10

Explorer and trapper who guided Bidwell-Bartleson

Answer 10

Thomas Fitzpatrick

Question 11

Chief Truckee

Answer 11

Guided Stephens-Murphy-Townsend

Question 12

What is Bidwell-Bartleson famous for

Answer 12

First group to cross Great Basin

Question 13

Th most famous trail

Answer 13

Oregon Trail

Question 14

Why were emigrants heading west

Answer 14

To start a new life
Too crowded where they lived
To earn money

Question 15

Why didn’t the pioneers stay in Nevada

Answer 15

Too hot and dry

Question 16

What challenges did the pioneers face?

Answer 16

Unfriendly Indians
Cold weather
Arguments
Disease

Question 17

What trails did they use

Answer 17

Oregon Trail
Death Valley Trail
Old Spanish Trail 
Bartleson- Bidwell Trail
Donner Trail