Westward (MIG, GEO, ARC)

Question 1

Great American Desert

Answer 1

The term Great American Desert was used in the 19th century to describe the part of North America east of the Rocky Mountains to about the 100th meridian.

Question 2

Mountain Men

Answer 2

A mountain man is an explorer who lives in the wilderness. Mountain men were most common in the North American Rocky Mountains from about 1810 through to the 1880s.

Question 3

Far West

Answer 3

of, relating to, or situated in the part of the U.S. west of the Mississippi river or especially west of the Great Plains.

Question 4

Overland Trails

Answer 4

The Overland Trail was a stagecoach and wagon trail in the American West during the 19th century.

Question 5

Mining Trails

Answer 5

The educational trail describes the development of what was once the most important tin mining regions in Central Europe.

Question 6

Gold Rush

Answer 6

a rapid movement of people to a newly discovered goldfield. The first major gold rush, to California in 1848–49, was followed by others in the US, Australia (1851–53), South Africa (1884), and Canada (Klondike, 1897–98).

Question 7

Silver Rush

Answer 7

A silver rush is the silver-mining equivalent of a gold rush, where the discovery of silver-bearing ore sparks a mass migration of individuals seeking wealth in the new mining region.

Question 8

Farming Frontier

Answer 8

Between 1862 and 1900, the Homestead Act provided farms to more than 400,000 families. Homesteading proved to be very difficult. About a third of those who tried to develop homesteads eventually failed. On the Great Plains, rain was scarce and a farm or ranch of 160 acres was too small to be economical.

Question 9

Urban Frontier

Answer 9

Urban frontier refers to spaces in or around a city in which (re)settlement and new forms of economic development are emerging.

Question 10

Federal Land Grants