Road Trip
Vocabulary

Using Context Clues

Define the underlined word in each sentence in the space below the sentence or write your answers on a separate sheet of paper.


1. At 4:00 p.m., the packers would set up camp, and the horses would be let out to graze in the wild grasslands.
   
2. The British-owned Hudson’s Bay Company did not want to travel through the new American territory.
   
3. In 1949, a cairn with a plaque telling about the Okanagan Brigade Trail was erected in Westbank.
   
4. Even though passengers paid up to 10 cents a mile for their trip, the cost of the ticket did not guarantee a trouble-free trip.
   
5. The gas tank was under the front seat, and there was no fuel gauge.
   
6. The federal government in Ottawa would need to give money to the provinces to help them extend their roads.
   
7. The year 1952 saw the beginning of a road-building boom in BC.
   
8. They moved sections of the Boston Bar Creek without disturbing the trout spawning grounds.
   
9. To lessen the impact of the new road on wildlife, the Connector has a $10.5 million wildlife protection system.
   


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