Vocabulary
Explain what this word means:
Territory
Land that is owned by someone. In this particular case it is talking land that our government owns.
How did settlers move West when they didn't have cars, trains, or planes to travel?
by walking, using wagons that were pulled by horses or oxen, and by using flatboats.
What is an Expedition?
A journey taken by a group of people that has a clear purpose or goal.
Explain what this word means:
Corps
A group of people who work together as one unit.
What is a flatboat?
A boat with a flat bottom and square corners that can move supplies in shallow waters. It can also be used as a house.
What were some of the supplies Lewis & Clark packed for their expedition?
food, medicine, clothes, tools, guns, fishing hooks, mirrors, colored beads and ribbon.
the starting point of a moving body of water
Who owned the Louisiana Purchase Land in the early 1800s?
Spain at first, then they sold it to the French.
Who was Charbonneau?
Sacagawea's husband who was a French/Canadian Trapper
What is a translator?
A person who translates one language to another.
(for example: two people need to communicate. One person speaks Spanish and the other person speaks Chinese. Another person, called a translator, who knows both languages can tell each person what the other is saying in their language.)
How did the United States acquire (own) the Louisiana Purchase Territory?
What is Pompey's Pillar?
A large rock that Clark names after Sacagawea's baby.
What is the Continental Divide?
an imaginary line that separates the way the rivers flow (the line shows the split where rivers flow towards the east on one side and towards the west on the other side of the Divide.)
What were challenges of westward expansion?
Settlers traveling across the land did not know it already had natives occupying it.
(Occupying means someone is already in a place showing ownership of it.)
What does Gateway Arch honor?
Lewis & Clark, President Thomas Jefferson, and Sacagawea & her family