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Practice Test 2 Oregon Trail

Practice Test 2 Oregon Trail. Which is not a fort on the Oregon Trail?. A. Fort Boise B. Fort Vancouver C. Fort Independence D. Fort Laramie. answer. C. Boise, Vancouver, and Laramie were all forts on the trail. Which disease was not common on the trail?. A. measles B. cholera C. aids

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Practice Test 2 Oregon Trail

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  1. Practice Test 2 Oregon Trail

  2. Which is not a fort on the Oregon Trail? • A. Fort Boise • B. Fort Vancouver • C. Fort Independence • D. Fort Laramie

  3. answer • C. • Boise, Vancouver, and Laramie were all forts on the trail.

  4. Which disease was not common on the trail? • A. measles • B. cholera • C. aids • D. malaria • E. small pox

  5. answer • C • Measles, cholera, smallpox, malaria, and dysentery were all common on the trail.

  6. Which is not a reason to stop at a fort? • A. to buy supplies • B. to get advice • C. to rest • D. to see old friends

  7. answer • D. • Pioneers left friends and family back east when they went west.

  8. Which was the least common way to die on the trail? • A. accident • B. cholera • C. gun fight • D. drowning • E. disease

  9. answer • C. gun fight • All of the others were common ways to die on the trail.

  10. Which was not a reason to travel on the Oregon Trail? • A. to start a new better life • B. to get to Florida • C. to get 640 acres of free land • D. adventure • E. to get better farm land

  11. answer • B. The trail didn’t go to Florida.

  12. When was the Oregon Trail? • A. 1840-1869 • B. 1865-1895 • C. 1942-1985 • D. 1804-1835

  13. answer • A. 1841-1869 • From the Whitman wagon train to the coming of the transcontinental railroad.

  14. Which of these was the most common way to die on the trail? • A. Indian attack • B. disease • C. train robbers • D. old age • E. gun fights

  15. answer • B. disease

  16. Which was the year for the start of the Lewis and Clark expedition? • A. 1804 • B. 1840 • C. 1902 • D. 1888

  17. answer • A. 1804-1806

  18. Which would not be a good way to go down Windlass Hill or Laurel Hill? • A. lock the wheels and slide down • B. take the wagon apart and lower it • C. have the oxen pull the wagon down • D. use a rope and lower it down

  19. answer • C. • If you have the oxen in front, they would be run over by the wagon rolling downhill.

  20. Which animal was not found along the Oregon Trail? • A. mountain goat • B. bison • C. gray wolf • D. deer • E. gazelle

  21. answer • E. • No gazelles. They are found in Africa.

  22. Where does the trail cross the Rocky Mountains and Continental Divide? • A. South Pass • B. Blue Mountains • C. Columbia River • D. Devil’s Gate

  23. answer • South Pass

  24. Before Washington and Oregon were states were they both part of Oregon Territory?

  25. True

  26. Wagons were often rolled over graves so animals wouldn’t dig them up?

  27. True

  28. The Oregon Trail did not go through the area of Montana?

  29. True • It went through the future states of Missouri, Nebraska, Wyoming, Idaho, (Early on ) Washington, and finally Oregon

  30. After the Dalles how were the supplies carried? • A. mules • B. by hand • C. large oxen • D. by raft

  31. answer • D. by raft

  32. The Oregon Trail went form Independence, Missouri to Oregon City Oregon?

  33. True

  34. How many are in a yoke of oxen? • A. 2 • B. 3 • C. 4 • D. 8 • D. 12

  35. 2

  36. The Mormon Trail went on the north bank of the Platte River.

  37. True

  38. The end!

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