Sacagawea Quiz Flocabulary

What year did Sacagawea meet Lewis and Clark?

• 1802

• 1803

The main purpose of Lewis and Clark's expedition was to

• explore the Northwest

• trade with Native Americans

Which of the following best describes the journey of the Corps of Discovery?

• She was friends with all the native tribes that the Corps of Discovery met.

• She knew the names of all the plants and animals they found.

Why was Sacagawea helpful on the expedition?

Lewis and Clark needed to trade with the Shoshone because the Corps

• couldn't get across the Rocky Mountains without horses.

• wanted to discover the Shoshone's customs and culture.

When Sacagawea met the Shoshone chief, she was most likely

• polite because he was a stranger.

• scared because he led a band of strong warriors.

Flora and fauna refer to

• rivers and forests.

• plants and animals.

Which of these did the expedition lead to?

• the United States strengthening its claim on Texas

• the first accurate hand-drawn maps of the Northeast

What is one way we remember Sacagawea today?

• Her image is on the US $1 coin.

• We celebrate Sacagawea Day every November.

When Thomas Jefferson became president in 1801, the country looked very different. The states and territories only went as far west as the Mississippi River. A part of the land west of that had been claimed by France and Spain. The territory all the way to the northwest had not been claimed by anybody. Since nobody had formally explored the land, nobody really knew what was there. But there was a myth among Americans that a body of water connected the Missouri River to the Pacific Ocean. This waterway, if it existed, would allow easy trade between the East and West. It was called the Northwest Passage.

Jefferson was both a politician and a scientist. He wanted to send a team to explore the western territories to find trade routes but also just to discover what was there. Jefferson wanted to know about the plants, animals and tribes that lived on the land. In 1803, he asked Congress to approve an expedition through the Northwest. Only months after his request, France offered to sell the United States the land they’d claimed west of the Mississippi for a very low price. The US accepted this deal, called the Louisiana Purchase. Now Jefferson’s expedition had another purpose: to explore all the new land the United States had just bought.

According to the passage, what did Thomas Jefferson hope the expedition to the Northwest would discover?

• • the Northwest Passage

• • information about native tribes

• • the plants and animals the territory supported

• • all of the above