The Characters
General Expedition
Geography
Native Americans
Corps Roles
100
This woman, a Shoshone from the Rocky Mountains, helped to guide the expedition and also served as a translator.
Who was Sacagawea?
100
The expedition left Saint Louis during this year.
What is 1804?
100
The name of the great expanse of land west of the Mississippi River that the President bought from France.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
100
One of the Corps members was actually a member of this tribe.
What is the Shoshone?
100
The Corps member who plots their Corps progress on a map and determines the longitude and latitude of the Corps.
What is the Captain?
200
This man was the President's secretary when he was asked to lead the expedition.
Who was Meriwether Lewis?
200
This spear like instrument helped save a members life while walking along a dangerous cliff on the Missouri River.
What is an espontoon?
200
The river the expedition was on for most of the journey.
What is the Missouri River?
200
This tribe is known in English as "Nose Pierced"
Who are the Nez Perce?
200
This member informs the President of local Native American tribes and land geography.
What is the Interpreter?
300
This man had been an army captain, and at one time was Lewis's commander.
Who was William Clark?
300
The boat that the expedition traveled in.
What is a pirogue?
300
The Corps left from this fort in 1804.
What is Fort Mandan?
300
The Corps of Discovery stole a canoe from this tribe.
What is the Clatsop?
300
This member of the Corps completes a daily log of the decisions faced by the Corps.
What is the Journal Writer?
400
This man was President at the time of the expedition.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
400
Your goal is to reach this ocean.
What is the Pacific?
400
The Bitterroot Mountains are located in these states.
What are Montana and Idaho?
400
Many Native Americans survived from hunting this animal.
What is a buffalo?
400
This member of the Corps makes the final decision in the Daily Dilemma.
What is the Captain?
500
This man, an African American slave, had been raised with William Clark, who freed him a few years after the trip.
Who was York?
500
The American flag that flew overhead during the expedition had this many stars.
What is fifteen?
500
This invisible landmark marks the highest point on the Rocky Mountains.
What is the Continental Divide?
500
This tribe was from what is now North Dakota. They formed the hub of trade in the Upper Missouri Region, attracting a wide variety of Indian and European traders each fall.
What is the Hidatsa?
500
This Corps member can do a variety of projects to help their team earn expedition cards.
What is the Private?
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