Road Trip
Comprehension

Short Answer Questions - A

Re-read the Road Trip vignette and answer these questions.


1.

Why did the pack trains travel on the Fur Brigade Trail only twice a year?______________________________________________

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2.

What is a pack train? ___________________________________

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3.

Why did the Hudson’s Bay Company stop using the Fur Brigade Trail through the Okanagan?______________________________

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4.

What was the purpose of the Palmer and Miller expedition?

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5.

What famous Okanagan priest travelled on the Fur Brigade Trail?

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6.

Why did Governor James Douglas want to build a road to the gold fields in the interior? ___________________________________

7.

Why is it so difficult to build roads in BC?___________________



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