key terms

Question 1

what type of people travelled in 1849?

Answer 1

miners

Question 2

lawless?

Answer 2

settlers ignoring laws and commited crimes

Question 3

band

Answer 3

a group of people (especially families), who formed part of a larger tribe

Question 4

war beliefs

Answer 4

life was tough so, tribes fought over resources. warriors were very important for the tribes survival.

Question 5

nature beliefs

Answer 5

everything in nature has a spirit. spirit could harm, or help people.

Question 6

frontier

Answer 6

border between a ‘civilised’ country and an undeveloped area

Question 7

great plains

Answer 7

large grasslands to the west of the Mississippi river. (hot summers, cold winters)

Question 8

tribe

Answer 8

a distinct group of native americans

Question 9

the orgeon trail

Answer 9

3,000km trail used by those who wanted to travel across the great plains to Oregon and California

Question 10

the donner party

Answer 10

(1846-1847) migration of 300 people to California, failed by a short cut, lead to canabalism and rescued. only half left remaining.

Question 11

gold rush

Answer 11

(1849-1855) gold is discovered in california, lead to HUGE migration to the west. 300,000 moved in the end.

Question 12

buffalo

Answer 12

plains animal, pivotal to native american life.

Question 13

manifest destiny

Answer 13

the idea that it was gods will that white settlers will settle the whole of north america

Question 14

tribal council

Answer 14

a group of elders who made descions for the tribe

Question 15

nomad

Answer 15

lifestyle that involves moving around, instead of living in one place

Question 16

migration

Answer 16

when a person moves from one part of a country to another

Question 17

tipi

Answer 17

tent like home (made from stretched animal hide, over wooden poles)

Question 18

homesteaders

Answer 18

family farm with a house and land surrounding to farm (160 acres)

Question 19

indgenous

Answer 19

relating to the earlier human inhabitants of a place

Question 20

land and property beliefs

Answer 20

indgenous- no one owned land
white settlers - they owned it

land could not be bought or sold.

all land is sacred