The president that bought the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
Who is President Thomas Jefferson?
100
The midwestern city from which the Lewis and Clark expedition began
What is St. Louis, Missouri?
100
The fort where the Corps of Discovery wintered during the winter of 1804
What is Fort Mandan?
100
The name of Sacagawea's brother, the chief of the Shoshone tribe
Who is Cameahwait?
100
The tribe that kidnapped Sacagawea as a child
Who are the Hidatsas?
200
The European country from which the United States bought the Louisiana Purchase
What is France?
200
This was the main large boat that the expedition traveled up the river on
What is a keelboat?
200
The two Native American tribes that the Corps of Discovery spent the winter of 1804-1805 with
Who are the Mandan and Hidatsa tribes?
200
The not-so-helpful guide that the Shoshone tribe sent with the expedition to get them through the mountain
Who was Old Toby?
200
This is the name of Sacagawea's husband
Who is Toussaint Charbonneau?
300
The name of the group of men that President Jefferson sent to explore the Louisiana Purchase.
What is the Corps of Discovery?
300
Insects, shallow waters and fighting the current of the river
What were some adversities of traveling up the Missouri River?
300
In April of 1805, 1/4 of the crew returned with these items to take back to President Jefferson in Washington DC
What are the keelboat, plant samples and live animals?
300
This is what the Corps had to sacrifice in the mountains to ward off starvation
What are horses?
300
Sacagawea gave birth to him while Lewis and Clark wintered at Fort Mandan. This baby continued with Sacagawea and the Corps of Discovery for the rest of the expedition.
Who is Jean-Baptiste (or Pomp)?
400
This is the main water route that Lewis and Clark took to travel west on their expedition, nicknamed the Big Muddy
What is the Missouri River?
400
This farming tribe was welcoming to the Corps of Discovery and was fascinated by William Clark's slave
Who were the Arikaras?
400
The crew carried, or ______________, their canoes over the Great Falls of the Missouri. It took them a month to go 18 miles to the other side of the falls.
What is portaged?
400
The rapids of this river is what the Corps risked on the other side of the mountains as they neared the Pacific Ocean
What is the Columbia River?
400
Sacagawea was able to communicate for the Corps of Discovery, who were unable to effectively communicate on their own with the other Native Tribes. This was one of the most important contributions that Sacagawea made to the expedition.
What is a translator?
500
To find a direct water route to the Pacific Ocean and to learn about all the new plants and animals that Lewis and Clark would find
What was a goal of the Lewis and Clark expedition?
500
This tribe was a bit more aggressive and demanded more gifts from the explorers
Who were the Teton Sioux?
500
The tribe that the expedition met before getting to the Rocky Mountains. This tribe gave the crew many horses to get them through the mountains.
What is the Shoshone tribe?
500
After reaching the Pacific Ocean on November 7, 1805, the Corps of Discovery built this winter fort to stay at until the following spring
What is Fort Clatsop?
500
Native American tribes understood that the Corps of Discovery had peaceful intentions. The reason behind this is because they knew that a war party would never travel with this
What is a woman and child? (Or Sacagawea and Pomp)