Robert E. Peary's North Pole Expedition

What did Robert E. Peary dream of exploring as a boy?

• The Sahara Desert

• The Amazon Rainforest

• The Arctic North

• The Australian Outback

In what year did Robert E. Peary and Matt Henson set out to reach the North Pole for the first time?

• 1895

• 1905

• 1915

• 1925

What is one of the challenges mentioned that Robert E. Peary and his team faced during their expedition to the North Pole?

• They had no parkas or space-age fabrics

• They had no access to fresh water

• They had no maps of the area

• They had no support from the local population

Who was Robert E. Peary's assistant during his expedition to the North Pole?

• John Franklin

• Matt Henson

• Ernest Shackleton

• Roald Amundsen

How long did it take Peary to put the North Pole expedition together?

• Several months

• A couple of years

• Many years

• A decade

What did Peary and Henson learn from the Inuit people of Greenland?

• How to navigate by the stars

• Survival techniques in sub-zero temperatures

• How to build a ship

• The history of Arctic exploration

When did Peary and Henson reach what they thought was the North Pole?

• April 6, 1909

• April 6, 1989

• April 6, 1908

• April 6, 1910

What did scientists discover in 1989 about Peary and Henson's expedition?

• They reached the exact location of the North Pole

• They were actually just short of the Pole

• They had discovered a new landmass

• They had set a record for the fastest journey to the Pole

Which of these statements below is the author's claim about Peary and Henson?

• They showed it was impossible to reach the North Pole.

• That only a large team could survive in the Arctic.

• They showed that exploration was possible in the Artic region.

• They showed that sleds were ineffective for Arctic travel.

What evidence does the author use to support the claim that Peary and Henson showed it was possible to explore the Arctic Region? Choose two.

• Peary and Henson traveled to Greenland to prepare for the trip.

• They had no parkas or space-age fabrics and no cell phones or advanced navigational devices.

• Together, they took steps toward their northernmost goal.

• Peary and Henson used sleds like to travel on the ice.