Explorers, Traders, Missionaires

I am a Spanish explorer. I came to the New World searching for the seven cities of gold.

• Robert La Salle

• Pedro de Villasur

• Francisco Coronado

• Etienne de Bourgmont

I traveled along the Mississippi River claiming all the land near it for France. I named the area Louisiana.

• Paul Mallet

• Etienne de Bourgmont

• Stephen Long

• Robert LaSalle

Which diseases did the explorers bring with them that ending up killing thousands of Native Americans? Check all that apply.

• measles

• strep throat

• mumps

• malaria

• chicken pox and small pox

I am a Spanish explorer that led 45 soldiers into an area near present day Schuyler. We were attacked by Pawnee warriors.

• Pedro de Villasur

• Pierre and Paul Mallet

• Stephen Long

• Francisco Coronado

Why did President Thomas Jefferson want to buy the Louisiana Territory from France? Check all that apply.

• wanted to control the land around the Mississippi River to ship goods

• wanted more land to the west (wanted to grow the new U.S.A)

• wanted to make peace with France

• wanted gold in that area

Check all facts about the Louisiana Purchase.

• Purchased for $15,000,0000.

• More than doubled the size of the United States.

• The place we call Nebraska became part of the United States because of this purchase.

• President Jefferson purchased it from Emperor Napolean of France.

Choose ALL facts about the Corps of Discovery.

• Lewis and Clark were the leaders.

• Three jobs were to find: Northwest Passage (all water-route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean), document the animal and plant life they saw, and meet the Native American tribes).

• Made maps of the land

• Find gold

• Included 40 men. Most were American soldiers and some trappers.

I was sent to tell Native Americans that their land was now a part of the United States.

• Stephen Long

• Zebulon Pike

• Henry Atkinson

• Manuel Lisa

I was an important fur trader. I built a fort not far from where Omaha is today. I worked well with the Plains Indians of the area. I am the founder of the St. Louis Missouri Fur Company.

• Peter Sarpy

• Stephen Long

• Manuel Lisa

• Henry Atkinson

I built a military fort near Council Bluff. I also led a crew along the Missouri River on the Western Engineer.

• Henry Atkinson

• Stephen Long

• Peter Sarpy

• Manuel Lisa