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OREGON TRAIL--WAGONS WESTWARD

Matching Exercise/Vocabulary

DIRECTIONS: Place the letter of the word on the left in front of its definition number on the right.
a. ferry ___1. a person who lives in the wilderness for many months collecting furs of beaver and other animals

b. migration

___2. the group of people who make the laws in Washington D.C.
c. patriotic

___3. to expand a story beyond the grounds of truth
d. abandon ___4. a boat used to carry people and goods across the water
e. trapper ___5. a great eagerness to come to the Oregon Country to live
f. Oregon Fever

___6. feeling love of and support for one's country
g. trailblazing

___7. to leave, especially because of trouble or danger
h. exaggerate

___8. land occupied and farmed by a settler.
i. Congress

___9. movement from one place to another
j. pioneer

___10. a person who settles in a new country
k. homestead

___11. marking a new trail by cutting notches in the bark of trees






































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