Exploration of the Louisiana Territory

______ was chosen to explore the territory purchased by President Jefferson.

• Lewis and Clark
• Sacagawea and her husband

• Meriwether Lewis

• William Clark

Thomas Jefferson called the group of explorers the ______.

• Militia

• Corps of Discovery

• Dora the Explorer

(a)   were asked to guide and interpret for the expedition through the Louisiana Territory.

• Sacagawea and her husband

• Lewis and Clark

• Peter and Frances Cartwright

Sacagawea was part of the Shoshone tribe, known for raising ______.

• horses
• sheep
• cattle

(a)   helped the Native Americans know that the men were coming in peace while they were on the expedition.

• Seeing Sacagawea and her baby with the men

• Sacagawea and her husband

• Horses

What did the group of explorers see for the first time on the West Coast?

• The Atlantic Ocean
• The Arctic Ocean
• The Pacific Ocean

🔴 (a)   was the explorer who became the governor of the Louisiana Territory.

🔴 (b)   was the explorer who became the general of the militia in the Louisiana Territory.

• Meriwether Lewis

• William Clark

• Marco Polo

(a)   was the Shoshone guide and translator for the expedition to the Louisiana Purchase.

• Sacagawea

• Pocahontas

• William Clark

(a)   was Clark’s nickname for Sacagawea’s son.

• Pompey

• Bubba

• The Kentucky Boy

Label the Northeast region map.

a

b

c

d

e

f

g

New Hampshire

Connecticut

Massachusetts

New York

Vermont

Rhode Island

Maine