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Frontier Explorers

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where did Daniel Boone want to go?

a)

North

b)

East

c)

South

d)

West

2.

What is this mountain range called?

a)

Rocky Mountains

b)

North America

c)

Appalachian Mountains

d)

New York

3.

What did Daniel Boone create that made it easier for the settlers to cross the Appalachian Mountains?

a)

A hunting trap

b)

Railroads

c)

The Wilderness Road

d)

The Pony Express

4.

Who was the president at the time of the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

Jefferson

b)

Madison

c)

Lincoln

d)

Washington

5.

Who was the leader of France at the time of the Louisiana Purchase?

a)

Jefferson

b)

Napoleon

c)

Hitler

d)

Trump

6.

Who did the United States buy the Louisiana Territory from?

a)

France

b)

England

c)

North America

d)

China

7.

Why did Thomas Jefferson want someone to explore the Louisiana Territory?

a)

To find gold

b)

To make more money

c)

To learn more about the land that he just purchased

d)

To make a friend

8.

Who did Jefferson hire to explore the Louisianan Territory?

a)

Napolean

b)

Madison

c)

Lewis and Clark

d)

Mary Kate and Ashley

9.

What did Jefferson want Lewis and Clark to look for when exploring?

a)

New Plants and Animals

b)

Gold

c)

Railroads

d)

New workers

10.

What new animal did Lewis and Clark discover?

a)

Elephant

b)

Tiger

c)

Praire Dog

d)

Skunk

11.

Who was the Native American Woman that Lewis and Clark hired to help them on their expedition?

a)

Jefferson

b)

Sacagawea

c)

Madison

d)

Mandan

12.

What tree did Lewis and Clark discover on their journey?

a)

A Red Cedar

b)

A Blue Spruce

c)

A Norway Spruce

d)

A Maple

13.

I found a way to cross the Appalachian Mountains into

Kentucky through the Cumberland Gap, a Native American

trail.

a)

Lewis

b)

Clark

c)

Daniel Boone

d)

Thomas Jefferson

14.

I was the third president of the United States, who arranged

for the Louisiana Purchase.

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

James Madison

c)

Lewis and Clark

d)

Daniel Boone

15.

Jefferson hired us to lead the Corps of Discovery in

exploration of the Louisiana Territory.

a)

James Madison

b)

Daniel Boone

c)

Lewis and Clark

d)

Peat and Monkey

16.

We already lived in the Louisiana Territory before the Corps of

Discovery started their expedition.

a)

Settlers from Engand

b)

The French

c)

James Madison

d)

The Native Americans

17.

I was the trailblazer who made the Wilderness Road so that

other colonists could cross the Appalachian Mountains.

a)

James Madison

b)

Daniel Boone

c)

Napolean

d)

Sacajawea

18.

We recorded many new plants and animals in our journals.

a)

Mrs. Farnum's Class

b)

Daniel Boone

c)

Lewis & Clark

d)

James Madison

19.

I was a guide and translator for the Corps of Discovery.

a)

Lewis & Clark

b)

James Madison

c)

Daniel Boone

d)

Sacagawea

20.

We traveled by foot through the Rocky Mountains because

there wasn’t an all-water route to the Pacific Ocean.

a)

Lewis & Clark

b)

Daniel Boone

c)

James Madison

d)

Thomas Jefferson