Unit 3, Lesson 2: How and why did people travel to California?

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Questions
1. Which trip took up to 8 months to complete and was about 17,000 miles?
2. What is the Isthmus of Panama?
3. How long will a trip from the state of Missouri to California take?
4. Which one of these trips did people have to cross rivers, mountains, and deserts?
5. In what year did the Pio Pico family arrive in California?
6. What was the name of the group that the Pio Pico family travel with?
7. Who was the last Mexican Governor of California?
8. What was the name of the person that led the group through Utah and the Mojave Deserts?
9. In what year did the first wagon train of settlers arrive in California?
10. What was the name of the person who arrived in the first wagon train from Independence, Missouri?
11. Who made maps for the U.S. government in the early 1840s?
12. Who was a guide that led settlers west during the 1850s?
13. There were 3 famous trails leading west from Missouri in the 1850s, what are their names?