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What was the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the third president of the United States?

a)

George Washington

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

Donald Trump

d)

Benjamin Franklin

2.

In 1803 the United States paid France for a parcel of western land 828,000 square miles. This land is known as the....

a)

Texas

b)

Nebraska

c)

Louisiana Purchase

d)

Mexico

3.

One of the states carved out of the land was__________.

a)

Georgia

b)

Florida

c)

Tennessee

d)

Montana

4.

The President believed that the future of the United States lay in the West.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

What president made a plan for a party of explorers to take a river trip across North America.

a)

Jefferson

b)

Trump

c)

Biden

d)

Washington

6.

Because most of the journey was by water the explorers built __________________.

a)

a cabin in the woods

b)

55ft barge known as a keel boat

c)

a pirogues

7.

_______________ is a large rowboat with sails.

a)

barge

b)

shipping container

c)

pirogues

d)

canoe

8.

Lewis and Clark followed a map already made by previous explorers.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Lewis brought surveying equipment including a compass, quadrant, and a sextant to create the first map.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Lewis made sure the corps had plenty of food for the trip. They carried 200 pounds of dried condensed soup, 3,400 pounds of flour, 560 pounds of biscuits, 750 pounds of salt as well as coffee, peas, beans, sugar, lard and candles. How many more pounds of flour did they carry than salt and biscuits?

a)

2,090 pounds

b)

2,650 pounds

c)

2,840 pounds

11.

Lewis made sure the corps had plenty of food for the trip. They carried 200 pounds of dried condensed soup, 3,400 pounds of flour, 560 pounds of biscuits, 750 pounds of salt as well as coffee, peas, beans, sugar, lard, and candles. How many pounds of soup, flour, biscuits, and salt did they carry total?

a)

4,910 pounds

b)

4,710 pounds

c)

3,600 pounds

12.

Lewis made sure the corps had plenty of food for the trip. They carried 200 pounds of dried condensed soup, 3,400 pounds of flour, 560 pounds of biscuits, 750 pounds of salt as well as coffee, peas, beans, sugar, lard, and candles. If they carried 4,150 pounds of food what TWO items would they be carrying?

a)

flour and biscuits

b)

salt and flour

c)

soup. salt and biscuits