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Question 1

The Donner Party Video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8eEOCCEqvk

In 1846, where did the Donner party depart from?

Tulsa, Oklahoma

Sioux City, South Dakota

Correct! Independence, Missouri

Denver, Colorado

Kansas City, Kansas

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Question 2

The Donner Party Video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8eEOCCEqvk
The Donner party encountered the Wasatch Mountains and what other
landform feature on the Hasting’s cutoff?

The Ozark Mountains

The Appalachian Plateau

The Black Hills

Correct! The Great Salt Lake desert

The Ohio River


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Question 3

The Donner Party Video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8eEOCCEqvk
In what mountain range did the Donner party find their trail blocked forcing
them to spend Winter in the mountains?

Basin and Range Mountains

Bighorn Ranges

Wasatch Mountains

Rocky Mountains

Correct! Sierra Nevada Mountains

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Question 4

The Donner Party Video:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8eEOCCEqvk
What geographic feature did the Donner party retreat to after finding the
pass blocked?

Lake Erie

Correct! Truckee Lake

Carpenter Valley

Pioneer Creek

Cape Horn

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Question 5
The Donner Party Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8eEOCCEqvk
What meteorological phenomenon caused the trail to be blocked?

Tornado

Foehn wind storm

Correct! An early blizzard

A firestorm

A hailstorm

Quiz Score: 10 out of 10

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