Lewis and Clark Expedition

USE page 3 of your assignment about "Lewis & Clark" to complete the following: Match each term with its description.

• U.S. Pres. who asked Lewis to explore

• Louisiana

• Carry their boat around these falls

• Great Falls

• Native who helped interpret for Lewis

• Rocky

• Mountains Lewis and Clark traversed

• Sacagawea

• territory Lewis & Clark explored

• Jefferson

USE page 3 of your assignment about "Lewis & Clark" to complete the following:

Only one man died on the journey when his ​ (a)   burst.

Lewis and Clark observed several new types of ​ (b)  

The explorers left from the city of ​ (c)   Missouri..​

• appendix
• animals.
• St. Louis,
• mountains
• New Orleans

What was the main reason President Jefferson initiated the Lewis and Clark expedition?

• To establish trade with European countries

• To explore and map the newly acquired Louisiana Purchase

• To search for gold and other minerals

• To find a direct water route to the Pacific

​ (a)   and ​ (b)   Second Lieutenant William CLARK were chosen by President Jefferson to lead the expedition in order to explore the Louisiana Purchase.

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• Captain John Smith

• Captain Meriwether LEWIS
• John Monroe
• Livingston
• Second Lieutenant William CLARK

What role did Sacagawea play in the Lewis and Clark expedition?

• She was the expedition's cook

• She negotiated trade agreements with European settlers

• She was responsible for mapping the territory

• She was a guide and interpreter

USE page 3 to answer the TRUE or FALSE statements #9 - 18.

Lewis was hired by President Jefferson.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Five men died on Lewis and Clark’s expedition

• TRUE

• FALSE

Lewis and Clark's crew was called the Corps of Discovery.

• TRUE

• FALSE

All the men traveled in one boat on Lewis and Clark's journey.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Lewis and Clark brought things to trade with indigenous people along the way.

• TRUE

• FALSE