4.1 Social Studies (Use pg.206-210)

1. President Thomas Jefferson hired _____________ to explore the land west of the Mississippi River.

• Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
• American Indians

2. Lewis and Clark traveled with about ______ other men.

• 1803
• 48
• 1500

3. _____________ was an American Indian who helped them understand the language of the American Indians they met.

• Sacagawea
• Lewis
• Clark
• President Thomas Jefferson

4. A ________ is a waterway that is dug by people.

• toll
• canal
• wagon train
• transcontinental

5. A __________ is a group of covered wagons that travels together for safety.

• toll
• canal
• wagon train
• transcontinental

6. ______________ means “across the continent.”

• toll
• canal
• wagon train
• transcontinental

7. A _________ is money that is paid for using a road.

• toll
• canal
• wagon train
• transcontinental

8. ________ helped pay for building and fixing roads.

• tolls
• canal
• wagon train
• transcontinental

9. In the early 1900s, transportation continued to improve. Two brothers, ___________ ,began building airplanes.

• Orville and Wilbur Wright
• Lewis and Clark

10. On December 17, 1903, their first ________ flew.

• jet
• airplane
• spaceship