1. A person who is amongst the first to settle an area
The American West
A person who is amongst the first to settle an area

2. The furthest extent of a country’s settled region

3. Percentage of people who died on the trail

4. Although Hollywood has made it appear this way, it is estimated that only 362 pioneers and 426 Indians were killed between , violence did increase in the 1850s as Native Americans became more hostile to the settlers, the 1860s saw a rise in American military presence in the West

5. A hardship the travelers along the trail faced

6. Most common cause of death along the trail

7. Disease that caused numerous travelers’ deaths
Cholera
Disease that caused numerous travelers’ deaths

8. A leading cause of death amongst the Oregon Trail travelers

9. A house and its surrounding land

10. Sod Houses
Grass, some pioneers built houses or soddies using chunks of soil cut from the ground