QUIZ - Could you have survived the Oregon Trail?

Could you have survived the Oregon Trail? (10 questions total)

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1)

This was the most common form of accidental death on the Oregon Trail.

Stampede by animals

Crush by wagon wheel

Misfire with guns

Suicide

2)

Rivers deeper than ______ could not be forded safely.

2 Foot

4 Feet

6 Feet

8 Feet

3)

What was the most common cause of death on the Oregon Trail?

Drowning

Native Americans

Dehydration

Cholera

4)

To cook food along the Oregon Trail, you needed to collect this throughout the day.

Buffalo Chips

Grasses

Tumbleweeds

Scrub Oak

5)

If leaving later in the spring your best option for a speedier trip would be to take what?

Handcart

Mules pulled wagon

Ox pulled wagon

Horse pulled wagon

6)

How many months of food would you need to make it on the Oregon Trail, without adding extra weight with needless amounts of food?

3 Months

6 Months

9 Months

12 Months

7)

To avoid overloading your wagon you need to stay below how many pounds?

1000 Pounds

2500 Pounds

4000 Pounds

5500 Pounds

8)

Which of these diseases were travelers threatened by on the Oregon Trail?

Small Pox

Mumps

Tuberculosis

All of the above

None of the above

9)

What was the best method available on the Oregon Trail to handle frostbite?

Increase Rations

Gradually warm affected area

Quickly warm affected area

Rub affected area with snow

10)

Which of these was not a mistake made by the Donner Party?

Following a bad guidebook/guide

Oversized wagons

Leaving without full supplies

Wasting time searching for lost cattle

Could you have survived the Oregon Trail?

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QUIZ – Could you have survived the Oregon Trail?

Could you have survived the Oregon Trail? (10 questions total)

Click NEXT to begin!

This was the most common form of accidental death on the Oregon Trail.

Rivers deeper than ______ could not be forded safely.

What was the most common cause of death on the Oregon Trail?

To cook food along the Oregon Trail, you needed to collect this throughout the day.

If leaving later in the spring your best option for a speedier trip would be to take what?

How many months of food would you need to make it on the Oregon Trail, without adding extra weight with needless amounts of food?

To avoid overloading your wagon you need to stay below how many pounds?

Which of these diseases were travelers threatened by on the Oregon Trail?

What was the best method available on the Oregon Trail to handle frostbite?

Which of these was not a mistake made by the Donner Party?

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Could you have survived the Oregon Trail? (10 questions total)

Click NEXT to begin!

This was the most common form of accidental death on the Oregon Trail.

Rivers deeper than ______ could not be forded safely.

What was the most common cause of death on the Oregon Trail?

To cook food along the Oregon Trail, you needed to collect this throughout the day.

If leaving later in the spring your best option for a speedier trip would be to take what?

How many months of food would you need to make it on the Oregon Trail, without adding extra weight with needless amounts of food?

To avoid overloading your wagon you need to stay below how many pounds?

Which of these diseases were travelers threatened by on the Oregon Trail?

What was the best method available on the Oregon Trail to handle frostbite?

Which of these was not a mistake made by the Donner Party?

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