Lewis & Clark's Expedition & Pikes Expedition

An _________ is a _______ or voyage undertaken by a group of people with a particular purpose, especially that of exploration, scientific research, or war

• Expedition- Journey

• vacation-relaxation

• Experiment-cruise

We learned about two explorers who Thomas Jefferson commissioned to explore west of the Mississippi River. Who are they?

• Magellan & Columbus

• Meriwether Lewis & William Clark

• Lewis Pike & Gerardus Mercator

Draw the general boundaries of the Louisiana Territory that was purchased by Thomas Jefferson.

The Louisiana Purchase doubled the size of the United States?

• True

• False

The woman that Lewis & Clark took with them on their journey was

• Pocahontas

• Sacagawea

• Merri Weather

• Louisa

One of the main tasks of the Lewis & Clark Expedition was to

• Complete a map

• Find gold

• see the Atlantic Ocean

• Sail down the Mississippi river to the Port of Orleans

Another main task of Lewis & Clark was to

• find gold

• Gather information about plants, animals, people and the geography: rivers, mountains, plains.

• meet up with Pocahontas

• Meet up with Thomas Jefferson

The Mountain range in the west with a peak named after it's founder is

• The Rocky Mountains

• The Appalachian Mountains

• Mount Everest

• Mount Peak

Pikes Peak is named after Zebulon Pike because he explored the Rocky Mountains

• True

• False

Lewis and Clark traveled in the direction of _________ on their way to the _________ Ocean and they mostly traveled _______ on their way home.

• southwest

  Pacific

  northwest

• northwest - Pacific - southeast

• east

  Atlantic

  west

• south

  Columbian

  north