pioneer jeopardy!
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Test your knowledge of Minnesota pioneer life of the 1800's!TRANSCRIPT
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Vehicles
A moving body of water that is
smaller than a river
What is a creek?
A small, rounded hill
What is a knoll?
The top layer of soil that is attached
to grass
What is sod?
A thick patch of trees or bushes
What is a thicket?
An area of land that is owned by the
government
What is a territory?
A large pile of hay that is stacked
outside
What is a haystack?
A cotton fabric with a design
What is calico?
A handheld chalkboard
What is a slate?
A person who is the first to settle in a
new land
What is a pioneer?
A tool that looks like a sword on a stick and is used to mow
the prairie
What is a scythe?
A vehicle with four wheels that is pulled
by large animals
What is a wagon?
Material used for the box of a wagon
What is wood?
Used to fix squeaky wheels
What is animal grease?
Material used to cover wagons
What is canvas?
Type of wagon used for the Westward
migration
What is a Conestoga Wagon?
Fruit that has sweet flesh and a smooth
pit and skin
What is a plum?
Red, blue, purple, green, and yellow
What are the colors of plums?
A container used to make butter
What is a churn?
Animal food that is gathered in a large pile and stacked
outside
What is a haystack?
A store that sold food and supplies to
pioneers
What is a mercantile?
A place where a group of people live
near one another
What is a community?
A home that was “dug out” of the
earth
What is a dugout?
The land and buildings a person
owns
What is a homestead?
A small addition to a building
What is a lean-to?
A vehicle’s material that was often used to build a lean-to
What is lumber from a wagon?
A huge field of grass
What is a prairie?
A small and powerful wind
storm
What is a dust devil?
The name of our children’s book about a pioneer
family
What is On the Banks of Plum
Creek?
The main character of the real-life story
On the Banks of Plum Creek
Who is Laura Ingalls?
The year Minnesota became a state
What is 1858?
Make your wager
This Act gave pioneers free land if
they lived on and cared for it for at
least 5 years
What is the Homestead Act?