REVIEW-L&C

13. What does extensive mean as it is used in paragraph 5?

• A complicated; unorganized

• B large; comprehensive

• C preliminary; irrelevant

• D structured; detailed

14. How does the section “The Expedition Begins” contribute to the development of the passage?

• A It clarifies the process used to interview and prepare the various members of the expedition.

• B It describes the vast amount of planning and information-gathering that was done at the start of the expedition.

• C It highlights the reasons the expedition needed to have an interpreter.

• D It outlines the amount of time it took the members of the expedition to gather all of the necessary supplies and set up a base camp.

15. In paragraph 7, what does the phrase “forever destroyed the dream of a Northwest Passage” mean?

• A Lewis and Clark did not support the mission to find a Northwest Passage.

• B Lewis and Clark did not feel that the discovery of a Northwest Passage would result in positive changes for America.

• C Lewis and Clark designed maps that displayed the potential impacts a Northwest Passage could have on commercial expansion.

• D Lewis and Clark showed a Northwest Passage to be impossible.

16. What is one way the author supports the claim in paragraph 8 that the expedition was “phenomenally successful”?

• A by clarifying the geographical discoveries and advancements made as a result of the specimens collected

• B by describing the amount of land traveled by the members of the expedition

• C by detailing the long-lasting effects on the geographic and economic growth of the country

• D by highlighting the positive interactions between the expedition members and the people they encountered

Part A 18. Based on the passage, what can the reader infer about President Thomas Jefferson?

• A President Jefferson made decisions based on ideas he was confident would further his political career.

• B President Jefferson had definite expectations for the development of the country.

• C President Jefferson was unconcerned with the challenges the expedition would face.

• D President Jefferson was disappointed that the expedition did not discover an area suitable for future settlement.

17. What are three central ideas of the passage? ” DE Toussaint Charbonneau and Sacagawea were recruited to work as translators.

• A Lewis and Clark were thorough in gathering samples from the land they explored.

• B The name of the camp established by William Clark was “Camp River Dubois.

• C The most challenging part of the expedition was the passage over the Lolo Trail.

• D The land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase was primarily unexplored and unmapped.

• F The expedition was successful in that it secured knowledge of an unknown territory.

Part B 19. Which quotation from paragraph 2 supports the inference in Part A?

• A “Jefferson provided the best supplies, clothing, firearms, equipment, and rations then available.”

• B “Lewis and Clark were instructed to observe and record the entire range of natural history and ethnology of the areas they explored and note possible resources which would support future settlement.”

• C “The Louisiana Purchase of 1803 had doubled the size of the nation, but a good share of the territory the expedition would explore was unmapped.”

• D “Jefferson envisioned the nation’s eventual expansion to the Pacific and wanted to strengthen the American claim to the northwest Columbia Basin.

20. What influence did the fur trade have on America?

• A It encouraged the growth of the West through exploration and business development.

• B It established friendly working relationships with the Native Americans.

• C It increased the claim that the United States had on the Northwest Territory.

• D It reinforced the confidence the American people had in President Jefferson’s ideas

21. What is the author’s purpose in this passage?

• A to detail the logistical challenges faced by the Lewis and Clark expedition

• B to explain the training processes for the workers on the Lewis and Clark expedition

• C to highlight the struggles and successes of the Lewis and Clark expedition

• D to provide a description of the members of the Lewis and Clark expedition