WorksheetsAMI - Day 3 - Missouri - Louisiana Purchase
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 29mins
What led French explorers to Missouri? (Choose all that apply.)
Hunting
Fur trade
Fishing
Lead Mines
Textile Trade
What body of water formed the eastern border of Missouri and divided the Louisiana Territory from the eastern part of the United States?
Mississippi River
Pacific Ocean
Missouri River
Atlantic Ocean
$20 million
$5 million
$10 million
$15 million
Which two people were chosen by Thomas Jefferson to explore the newly purchased Louisiana Territory?
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark
George Washington and Thomas Jefferson
Pocahontas and Jacques Marquette
Colonel Sanders and Wild Bill Hickock
Why were Lewis and Clark sent to explore the Louisiana Territory? (Choose all that apply.)
To meet Native Americans
To try and find a water route from the Mississippi to the Pacific Ocean.
To try and find the Indian Ocean
To find the Montezuma's Lost City of Gold
To report on the land acquired in the Louisiana Purchase.
Missouri was the _____ state in the union.
24th
15th
23rd
11th
What was a Missouri town that was considered a “jumping off place” during the early trail days and Westward Expansion?
Jefferson City
St. Charles
St. Louis
Springfield
What are two examples of hardships settlers may have faced during their trip west? (Choose all that apply.)
volcanoes
disease
harsh weather
hurricanes
unfriendly natives
Historians think the _____ were the first native people to live in what is now Missouri.
Osage
Mound Builders
French
Choctaw
_____ was President when the Louisiana Purchase was made.
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Andrew Jackson
Henry Clay
Early French settlers hoped to find gold and silver when they came to what is now Missouri. They actually found _____.
lead and salt
diamonds
copper and turquoise
sand and limestone
The Osage lived in what is now ____ Missouri.
north
east
southwest
northwestern
Why was salt so important to the settlers at that time? (Choose all that apply.)
seasoned food
preserves meat
tanning animal skin or change the skin into leather
they didn't use salt
it was used to cure the flu
Where was the first permanent settlement in Missouri?
St. Louis
Jefferson City
Springfield
Ste. Genevieve
What does "Missouri" mean?
canoe
town of large canoes
show me
river
Missouri got its name from the _____ tribe.
Sioux
Osage
Creek
Koshkonong
Which native Missouri venomous snake prefers rivers, swamps, and wetlands?
Northern Water Snake
Common Water Snake
Timber Rattlesnake
Cottonmouth
