8th Grade Mapping the West/Readworks

Open Ended

What is the main idea? (use your notes you just took)

Open Ended

What was the purpose of the text?

Open Ended

What was the setting?

Open Ended

What problem/solution or cause/effect is described?

Open Ended

What is the significance of the topic?

Open Ended

Write a brief summary of the text you read. This should include key details.

Multiple Choice

What does the word “continental” mean when describing U.S. states?

• 
  These states are characteristic of Europe.

• These states were under English colonial rule.

• These states are part of the same large land mass.

• These states do not share a land border with other states.

Multiple Choice

Who led an exploration of the land west of the Mississippi River?

• soldiers from France and Spain

• Native Americans

• Thomas Jefferson and Napoleon Bonaparte

• Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

Multiple Choice

Why might have Americans known little about the land to the west of the Mississippi River in 1803?

• 48 of the 50 U.S. states are “continental”.

• Americans had not lived in the west before

• Meriwether Lewis was a captain in the US Military

• The west was full of volcanoes and mammouths

Multiple Choice

Complete this sentence: Jefferson and other Americans expected that the west would be dangerous; ______, they expected there to be volcanoes and mammoths.

• otherwise

• meanwhile

• in particular

• although

Multiple Choice

What does this passage describe?

• This passage describes life during the Revolutionary War

• This passage describes the childhood of William Clark.

• This passage describes the death of Meriwether Lewis

• This passage describes the trip taken by Lewis and Clark

Open Ended

Did Lewis and Clark’s expedition achieve Jefferson’s goals? Use evidence from the text in your answer.

Poll

Were you able to determine the main ideas of the text and summarize the key supporting details?

• Yes, I had not trouble

• Yes, partly, but I need more practice

• No, not this time, I need more practice