Unit 7 Vocabulary

Question 1

the idea or belief that the US had the right to expand its territory

a. pony express
b. migration
c. manifest destiny
d. pioneers

Answer 1

c. manifest destiny

Question 2

someone who is the first to settle a region or begin a new project

a. pony express
b. migration
c. manifest destiny
d. pioneers

Answer 2

d. pioneers

Question 3

a region with few people living in it or new field of study or exploration

a. manifest destiny
b. pioneers
c. migration
d. frontier

Answer 3

d. frontier

Question 4

an area that shares physical or human characteristics

a. frontier
b. region
c. settler
d. Oregon trail

Answer 4

b. region

Question 5

the process of moving from one place to another

a. frontier
b. region
c. migration
d. Oregon trail

Answer 5

c. migration

Question 6

route used during US westward migration, especially from 1840-1860, It began is Missouri and ended in Oregon.

a. frontier
b. region
c. migration
d. Oregon trail

Answer 6

d. Oregon trail

Question 7

nickname for a miner or another person who took part in the 1849 California Gold Rush.

a. 49ers
b. Missouri Compromise
c. annex
d. wagon train

Answer 7

a. 49ers

Question 8

to take territory and join it to state or country

a. 49ers
b. Missouri Compromise
c. annex
d. wagon train

Answer 8

c. annex

Question 9

a law passed by Congress in 1820 allowed Maine to enter the Union as a free state while Missouri entered the Union as a slave state

a. 49ers
b. Missouri Compromise
c. annex
d. wagon train

Answer 9

b. Missouri Compromise

Question 10

a line of wagons traveling as a group

a. 49ers
b. Missouri Compromise
c. annex
d. wagon train

Answer 10

d. wagon train

Question 11

A covered wagon with large wheels used for transportation to the west.

a. fact
b. opinion
c. prairie schooner
d. persecution

Answer 11

c. prairie schooner

Question 12

poor treatment of a person or group based on their religion

a. fact
b. opinion
c. prairie schooner
d. persecution

Answer 12

d. persecution

Question 13

information that can be proven by including dates, times, or people involved

a. fact
b. opinion
c. prairie schooner
d. persecution

Answer 13

a. fact

Question 14

the way someone feels about a topic; this cannot be proven

a. fact
b. opinion
c. prairie schooner
d. persecution

Answer 14

b. opinion

Question 15

a person who moves with a group of other people to liven in a new country or area.

a. migration
b. settler
c. prairie schooner
d. 49ers

Answer 15

b. settler

Question 16

the quick movement of people to a place where gold has been discovered.

a. migration
b. entrepreneur
c. gold rush
d. 49ers

Answer 16

c. gold rush

Question 17

someone who takes a risk to start a business

a. migration
b. entrepreneur
c. gold rush
d. 49ers

Answer 17

b. entrepreneur

Question 18

unfair treatment of people based on their race, gender, age, or other characteristics

a. persecution
b. pony express
c. discrimination
d. trail of tears

Answer 18

c. discrimination

Question 19

mail service to California provided by riders on swift horses.

a. persecution
b. pony express
c. discrimination
d. trail of tears

Answer 19

b. pony express

Question 20

the forced march of 15000 Cherokee in 1838, traveling from the American southeast to Indian Territory in present-day Oklahoma.

a. persecution
b. pony express
c. discrimination
d. trail of tears

Answer 20

d. trail of tears