| A | B |
| pioneer | Someone who leads the way for others into a land unknown to them. |
| prairie | A gently rolling plain covered with tall, thick grass |
| Daniel Boone | Explorer and pioneer who blazed the trail to Kentucky that was later known as the Wilderness Road. |
| Kentucky | xxxxxxxxxxx |
| Cumberland Gap | A pass, or low place providing easy passage, across the high ridge of the Appalachian Mountain, in Northeastern Tennessee. |
| Wilderness Road | An early road across the Appalachians, between western Virginia and eastern Kentucky. |
| Boonesborough | A town in east-central Kentucky, site of a fort founded by Daniel Boone. |
| Louisiana Purchase | The tract of land lying between the Mississippi River on the east and the Rocky Mountains on the west; bought by the U.S. from France in 1803. |
| Benjamin Banneker | The first African-American to be appointed by a President to work for the government. |
| Thomas Jefferson | Third President of the United States and helped write the Declaration of Independence. |
| James Monroe | Fifth President of the United States. |
| Meriwether Lewis | Frontier scout chosen by President Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory with William Clark. |
| William Clark | Frontier scout chosen by President Thomas Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Territory with Meriwether Lewis |
| Sacajawea | xxxxxxx |
| Washington, D. C. | xxxxxx |
| Missouri River | xxxxxxxxx |
| Snake River | xxxxxxxx |
| Columbia River | xxxxxxxx |
| neutral | xxxxxxxx |
| War Hawks | xxxxxxxx |
| James Madison | xxxxxxxxx |
| Oliver Hazard Perry | xxxxxxx |
| Dolley Madison | xxxxxx |
| Francis Scott Key | xxxx |
| Andrew Jackson | xxxx |
| Baltimore | xxxx |
| Fort McHenry | x |
| Trails of Tears | x |
| Andrew Jackson | x |
| Osceola | x |
| Sequoyah | x |
| Indian Territory | x |
| Oklahoma | x |