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Who headed the Expedition?

Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

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What year did the Expedition begin its journey?

1804

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What animal did William Clark describe as very large and hard to kill?

The Grizzly Bear

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Which Native American served as an interpreter for the Expedition?

Sacagawea 

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Which country sent soldiers to arrest the expedition?

Spain
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What state was Meriwether Lewis born in?

Virginia 

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How many years did the Expedition spend on its journey?

Two

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How many animal species did the Expedition discover?

122 animal species 

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Which Native American Tribe gave the Expedition horses?

The Lemhi Shoshone Tribe

200

Who was named Governor of Louisiana after the expedition?

Meriwether Lewis 

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Which member of the Expedition used to be Thomas Jefferson's secretary?

Meriwether Lewis

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How many months did the Expedition spend in Fort Clatsop?

Four 

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How many plant species did the Expedition discover?

178 plant species

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What Native American Tribe did Sacagawea belong to? 

The Lemhi Shoshone Tribe

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Who believed that the expedition would encounter wooly mammoths? 

Thomas Jefferson

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Who was the only person in the Expedition to lose his life?

Sergeant Charles Floyd, Jr.

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What year did the Expedition meet Sacagawea?

1805

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What animal did Lewis and Clark call the Prairie Wolf?

The Coyote

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Which Native American tribe did Lewis and Clark describe as "The vilest miscreants of the savage race"?

The Sioux Tribe 

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Which member of the Expedition adopted Sacagawea's children? 

William Clark

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Which member of the Expedition was chased by a grizzly bear?

Hugh McNeal

500

What month of the year did the Expedition start?

May

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What is the scientific name an Osage Orange?(Lewis and Clark discovered it in 1804)

Maclura Pomifera

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In which Native American territory did the Expedition meet Toussaint Charbonneau and Sacagawea?

The Mandan Territory

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What sport did members of the Mandan and Hidatsa tribes play?

Toe Ball


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