Corps of Discovery Quiz

The Corps of Discovery is best defined by which of the following words?

• Exploration

• Commerce

• Military

• Diplomacy

Choose all of the reasons why the US chose to explore the Louisiana Territory?

• The US government wanted a route to the Pacific Ocean

• To identify any unknown plants and animals

• To make maps of the key routes in their journey

• To learn about Natives in the Louisiana Territory

What two men led the expedition?

• Pocahontas and Sacajawea

• Lewis and Clark

• Adams and Jefferson

• Hall and Carr

In what year did the journey begin?

• 1803

• 1800

• 1804

• 1776

What was significant about November 15, 1805?

• Lewis and Clark were robbed by a family of Bigfoot

• L and C received horses that greatly helped their journey

• They found the Pacific Ocean

• Sacagawea's baby Antwan Lewis was born

What was the significance of May 1804?

• The beginning of the Lewis and Clark Expedition

• The end of the Napoleonic Wars

• The signing of the Treaty of Amiens

• The start of the Industrial Revolution

True or False. Lewis and Clark’s expedition was a failure because Sacagawea led the Corps into an ambush?

• True: Sacagawea contacted her brother who set up an ambush near Las Vegas, Nevada and most of the Corps' men were killed

• False: Sacagawea and members of the Corps maintained a great relationship and succeeded in finding the Pacific Ocean in November of 1805 and return home in 1806