Pioneers

Question 1

Pioneer

Answer 1

a person who is the first to explore, settle or develop an area or idea

Question 2

Persecution

Answer 2

Causing people to suffer because of their beliefs

Question 3

Immigrant

Answer 3

a person who moves into a new country

Question 4

Extermination

Answer 4

to kill or get rid of

Question 5

Zion

Answer 5

spiritual or physical gathering place for Mormons

Question 6

Mormon

Answer 6

term referring to member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Question 7

Conflict

Answer 7

disagreement occasionally resulting in war

Question 8

Advance Company

Answer 8

group of men who prepared the way for the Mormon wagon train

Question 9

Mormon Battalion

Answer 9

500 Mormon men who volunteered to fight in the Mexican-American war

Question 10

Winter Quarters

Answer 10

location where pioneers waited for better conditions to start their journey west

Question 11

South Pass

Answer 11

natural break in the Rocky Mountains for wagon trains to easily pass through

Question 12

Buffalo Chips

Answer 12

dried buffalo droppings used for fuel in pioneer fires

Question 13

Roadometer

Answer 13

device that tracked the daily miles of pioneer groups

Question 14

Brooklyn

Answer 14

ship bringing 238 Mormon Pioneers across the ocean to Utah

Question 15

Baker/Fancher Party

Answer 15

immigrant wagon group traveling through during the Utah War

Question 16

Mountain Meadows Massacre

Answer 16

1857 massacre of Baker/Fancher Party by the Utah Militia

Question 17

Goshute War

Answer 17

conflict between the US Army and the Goshute because of stagecoach attacks

Question 18

Walker War

Answer 18

conflict between pioneer settlers and Ute Indians over land and food

Question 19

Bear River Massacre

Answer 19

Shoshones killed by US Army

Question 20

Posey War

Answer 20

last Indian conflict or uprising in US history

Question 21

Black Hawk War

Answer 21

longest conflict between pioneer settlers and Native Americans