Name ______________________________________________

Pioneers
Background Sheet 6 Quiz

1. Name 2 reasons why crossing the desert was dangerous.

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2. How did Death Valley get its name?
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3. Who successfully made it across the mountains and wrote a guidebook about how
to do it?
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4. Name 2 ways that going UP the mountains were dangerous.
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5. How did the pioneers figure out how to successfully go UP the mountains.
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6. Why was going DOWN the mountain dangerous?
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7. What was a disaster that could happen going DOWN the mountains?
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8. What was a strategy the pioneers used to slow down the wagons?
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9. Name 3 examples of terrible weather the pioneers encountered
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b. __________________________________________
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10. Because it was so cold in the mountains, what was a possible danger?
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