Chapter 8 Vocabulary

   Meriwether Lewis asked ________________________________________to help him explore the Louisiana Territory and record what they found.

• Corps of Discovery

• Sacajawea

• Napoleon Bonaparte 

• William Clark

_______________________________ was a Shoshone Indian who served as a guide and interpreter for the Lewis and Clark expedition. She helped the group find food, create camps, and talk with American Indian groups they met along the way.

• Meriwether Lewis

• Sacajawea

• Napoleon Bonaparte

• Mary Ludwig

1.   The land west of the Mississippi River given to Spain after the French and Indian War was known as the ______________________________________________. It was later taken by France and sold to the United States.

• Louisiana Territory

• Louisiana Purchase

• the 13 colonies

• Corps of Discovery

 

The name given by President Jefferson to the group sent to explore the Louisiana Territory. The _______________________________________was headed by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis.

• Meriwether Lewis

• William Clark

• The Redcoats

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  Corps of Discovery     

1____________________________________ was the leader of France in the early 1800s who sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States.

• King George III

• Napoleon Bonaparte 

• George Washington

• Meriwether Lewis

When the United States bought the land west of the Mississippi from France for $15 million it was called the ____________________________________. The purchase doubled the size of the United States.

• Louisiana Purchase    

• The Great Compromise

• Louisiana Territory

• The 13 colonies

   ______________________________ was chosen by President Jefferson to lead an expedition through the Louisiana Territory.

• William Clark

• Sacajawea

• Napoleon Bonaparte 

• Meriwether Lewis

How did Sacajawea help Lewis and Clark on their expedition?

• She gave gifts to the men.

• She drew maps of the Mississippi River.

• She joined the Corps of Discovery.

• She served as a guide and interpreter.

Who was the third president of the US? He also purchased the Louisiana Territory from France to ensure that the French did not close off the Mississippi River and the city of New Orleans to Americans.

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• John Adams

• William Clark

• Florida Territory

• Louisiana Territory

• Westward Territory

• Oregon Territory