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Lewis and Clarks expedition quiz

Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was the North Fork called

a)

Snake River

b)

Maria's River

c)

Mississippi River

d)

Columbia River

2.

What boat did Lewis and Clark build

a)

Dugout canoes

b)

Pirogues

c)

flat-bottom boat

d)

Keelboat

3.

Which friendly tribe did Lewis and Clark stumble upon along the Idaho's clear water river

a)

Cheyenne

b)

Sioux

c)

Nez Peirce

d)

Osage

4.

What TWO tribes did we mainly trade with

a)

Sioux people

b)

Hidatsa people

c)

Nez Peirce

d)

Mandan people

5.

Who did we hold councils with

a)

Indians

b)

British

c)

Spanish

d)

French

6.
Who was the president during this time period?
a)
Thomas Jefferson
b)
Abraham Lincoln
c)
Geroge Washington
d)
Barrack Obama
7.
For how much did we purchase the Louisiana Territory?
a)
$10 million
b)
$5 million
c)
We fought in a war and won it
d)
$15 million
8.

Who was the leader of France and approved the sale?

a)

Napoleon Dynamite

b)

King Louis XVI

c)

Napoleon Bonaparte

d)

King George III

9.

What river did Lewis and Clark travel on for the majority of the journey?

a)

Mississippi River

b)

Clark River

c)

Colombia River

d)

Missouri River

10.

Which Shoshone Indian joined the group as a guide and interpreter?

a)

Pocahontas

b)

Nantucket

c)

Black Kettle

d)

Sacagawea

11.

What land purchase in 1803 doubled the size of the United States?

a)

Sacagawea

b)

the Pacific Ocean

c)

the Missouri River

d)

the Louisiana Purchase

12.
Which sentence is a fact?
a)
The ocean contains a million gallons of water.
b)
Oceans contain many types of living organisms.
c)
The ocean is beautiful.
13.

Which sentence supports the idea that Sacagawea helped the crew?

a)

“Sacagawea jumped up, threw her blanket over her brother, and wept.”

b)

“Just a few minutes after drinking the mixture, Sacagawea gave birth to a baby boy.”

c)

“As Sacagawea walked along the riverbank, she carried Pomp on her back, in a cradleboard or wrapped up snug in her shawl.”

d)

“Sacagawea stayed calm and rescued the captains’ important things— journals, gunpowder, medicines, scientific instruments—every bundle she could reach.”

14.
Who did Thomas Jefferson choose to lead the Corps of Discovery? 
a)
Meriwether Lewis
b)
William Clark
c)
Sacagawea 
15.
What word best describes the land that Lewis and Clark explored?
a)
small
b)
dry
c)
unfamiliar 
d)
grassy
16.

Lewis and his men were also referred to as what?

a)

Jefferson's Team

b)

The Corps of Discovery

c)

Republicans

d)

Democrats

17.

The expedition spent their first winter at

a)

Fort Hall

b)

Fort Mandan

c)

Fort Boise

d)

with the Nez Perce Tribe

18.

Who was the only man to die on the expedition?

a)

Pierre Dorian

b)

Pierre Cruzatte

c)

York

d)

Sergeant John Floyd

19.

Where did the expedition stay on the Oregon Coast

a)

Fort Mandan

b)

Fort Hall

c)

Fort Boise

d)

Fort Clatsop

20.

What was the name of the Shoshone Indian guide who led the expedition through the Bitterroot Mountains?

a)

Old Toby

b)

Running Bear

c)

Sky Eagle

d)

Joseph

21.

Sacajawea was married to ___________________________.

a)

Cameahweit

b)

Charbonneau

c)

York

d)

Captain Lewis