The document is a transcript from a game of Jeopardy about pioneer life. It contains clues in various categories related to daily life on the prairie, including land, food, homes, and odds-n-ends. The player must respond with the question for each clue/answer. There are also clues about vehicles and fruits. The final jeopardy clue is about the Homestead Act, which gave pioneers free land if they lived on and cared for it for at least 5 years.

1. Pioneer Jeopardy Choose a category. You will be given the answer. You must give the correct question. Click to begin.

2. Select a point value! Click here for Final Jeopardy

3. Land Daily Life Food Homes Odds-n-Ends 10 Point 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 10 Point 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 20 Points 30 Points 40 Points 50 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 30 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 40 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points 50 Points Vehicles

4. A moving body of water that is smaller than a river

5. What is a creek?

6. A small, rounded hill

7. What is a knoll?

8. The top layer of soil that is attached to grass

9. What is sod?

10. A thick patch of trees or bushes

11. What is a thicket?

12. An area of land that is owned by the government

13. What is a territory?

14. A large pile of hay that is stacked outside

15. What is a haystack?

16. A cotton fabric with a design

17. What is calico?

18. A handheld chalkboard

19. What is a slate?

20. A person who is the first to settle in a new land

21. What is a pioneer?

22. A tool that looks like a sword on a stick and is used to mow the prairie

23. What is a scythe?

24. A vehicle with four wheels that is pulled by large animals

25. What is a wagon?

26. Material used for the box of a wagon

27. What is wood?

28. Used to fix squeaky wheels

29. What is animal grease?

30. Material used to cover wagons

31. What is canvas?

32. Type of wagon used for the Westward migration

33. What is a Conestoga Wagon?

34. Fruit that has sweet flesh and a smooth pit and skin

35. What is a plum?

36. Red, blue, purple, green, and yellow

37. What are the colors of plums?

38. A container used to make butter

39. What is a churn?

40. Animal food that is gathered in a large pile and stacked outside

41. What is a haystack?

42. A store that sold food and supplies to pioneers

43. What is a mercantile?

44. A place where a group of people live near one another

45. What is a community?

46. A home that was “dug out” of the earth

47. What is a dugout?

48. The land and buildings a person owns

49. What is a homestead?

50. A small addition to a building

51. What is a lean-to?

52. A vehicle’s material that was often used to build a lean-to

53. What is lumber from a wagon?

54. A huge field of grass

55. What is a prairie?

56. A small and powerful wind storm

57. What is a dust devil?

58. The name of our children’s book about a pioneer family

59. What is On the Banks of Plum Creek ?

60. The main character of the real-life story On the Banks of Plum Creek

61. Who is Laura Ingalls?

62. The year Minnesota became a state

63. What is 1858?

64. Final Jeopardy Make your wager

65. This Act gave pioneers free land if they lived on and cared for it for at least 5 years

66. What is the Homestead Act?