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Trails West

Quiz by Paul Bachman

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  • Q1
    Who were the daring fur trappers and explorers that discovered the best trails through the Rocky Mountains?
    Trail Bosses
    Minute Men
    Forest Dwellers
    Mountain Men
    30s
  • Q2
    Who were the most famous of these Mountain Men?
    Jedediah Smith
    Neither of these
    Both of these
    Jim Beckwourth
    30s
  • Q3
    These men were
    tough
    resourceful
    all of these
    fur trappers
    30s
  • Q4
    What did Easterners use the furs that they bought from the fur trappers?
    fashionable hats
    rugs
    toupes
    coats
    30s
  • Q5
    These fur traders met at a cosen site with fur traders from the East. What was this called?
    all of these
    trading post
    flea market
    Rendezvous
    30s
  • Q6
    What would the trappers get from the traders from the east?
    supplies
    nothing
    30s
  • Q7
    When did the rendezvous take place?
    in the Fall
    in the Summer
    in the Spring
    in the Winter
    30s
  • Q8
    Why did the rendezvous end in 1840?
    silk hats replaced beaver as the fashion
    there was a violent snow storm
    floods had damaged the rendezvous area
    the mountain men lost interest
    30s
  • Q9
    What did the activities of the mountain men do?
    helped blaze trails for pioneers moving west
    both of these
    killed off a lot of the beaver
    30s
  • Q10
    What did Land Speculators do?
    they broke the law by trapping illegally
    They bought huge areas of Land
    they went to Minnesota only
    30s
  • Q11
    How did Land Speculators make money?
    they sold goods to farmers and pioneers moving west
    they sold small sections of the land to farmers moving west
    they robbed farmers moving west
    30s
  • Q12
    Who discovered the Santa Fe Trail?
    Brigham Young
    Jim Beckwourth
    Jedediah Smith
    William Becknell
    30s
  • Q13
    what form of transportation did Becknell use to move his goods West?
    train
    horse caravans
    prairie schooners
    big rig
    30s
  • Q14
    How did Becknell solve the problem of not being able to take his prairie schooners through the mountains?
    he found a short cut through the desert to the South
    None of these
    he went north to the Oregon Trail
    he let another group take it for him
    30s
  • Q15
    Where did the Oregon trail run
    from Independence, Missouri to the Oregon territory
    along the Pacific Ocean to San Diego
    from The Appalachian Mountains to the West coast
    30s

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