KS History - Explorers Review

___________________ was a French Explorer that was sent to contact the Comanche.

• Claude Charles Du Tisne

• Francisco Vazquez De Coronado

• Etienne Veniard de Bourgmont

• Louis Jolliet

_____________ was a French for set up on the Missouri River.

• Fort Sumpter

• Fort Jolliet

• Fort Orleans

• Quivira

Coronado was told about the land of ___________________. This was said to be a land of great wealth.

• Fort Orleans

• Wichita

• Fort Sumpter

• Quivira

Christopher Columbus was trying to sail to __________.

• Africa

• Asia (The Indies)

• America

• Australia

_________________ was a French explorer that placed the names "Kansas" and "Missouri" on a map for the first time.

• Etienne Veniard de Bourgmont

• Francisco Vazquez de Coronado

• Claude Charles Du Tisne

• Louis Jolliet

Once Coronado found Quivira, the new found wealth made him the richest man when he returned to Spain.

• True

• False

To help regulate the fur trade, the French built Fort Cavagnial.

• True

• False

The French traded guns, alcohol, and metal for furs with the Native Americans.

• True

• False

Which of these American Explorers had the mission to "explore the Missouri River and find a water route to the other side of the continent"?

• Zebulon Pike

• Daniel Boone

• Lewis & Clark

• Stephen H. Long

Which American Explorer was sent to return around 50 Osage who had been held captive by another rival tribe?

• Lewis & Clark

• Zebulon Pike

• Stephen H. Long

• Andrew Jackson