...to inform the reader about how the explorers and early visitors were brave and courageous.
What was the author's purpose for writing this selection?
100
Corps of Discovery
What was Lewis and Clark's team called?
100
...the Lewis and Clark Expedition.
What is one of the most important events in American history?
100
A large area of land purchased by the United States for 15 million dollars.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
100
= 10 X 13
What is 130?
200
...Spain
What country was given the land west of the Atlantic Ocean?
200
Sacagawea was happy to jump into the river to help save the supplies.
What is an opinion about Sacagawea?
200
...to discover the source of the Missouri River; find a Northwest Passage through North America; study and record the plants and animals in North America.
What were the goals the President Thomas Jefferson wanted Lewis and Clark to accomplish?
200
He sent three men to Paris to purchase the Port of New Orleans from Napoleon, the emperor of France.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
200
...the measurement (in square units) inside a closed figure.
What is area?
300
...find gold, silver, and furs; find the Northwest Passage; and establish new colonies.
What were the reasons for explorers to come to this land?
300
... a Shoshone Chief.
Who was Sacagawea's brother?
300
May 14, 1804
When did Lewis and Clark and 29 other men begin their journey west from St. Louis to the Pacific Ocean?
300
... is the large river that borders the Louisiana Territory.
What is the Mississippi River?
300
... parts of a 2-digit and 3-digit multiplication problem.
What is partial product?
400
San Rogue River
What was the name of the river that was eventually changed to the Columbia River?
400
The Corps would not have had horses and supplies to continue their journey.
What help did Sacagawea get from her brother, the Shoshone chief?
400
Lewis and Clark traded goods for 29 horses to the Nez Perce Indians.
How did the Nez Perce Indians help the Lewis and Clark expedition?
400
...15 million dollars or 3 cents an acre.
How much did the United States pay for the Louisiana Territory?
400
= 102 x 8
What is 816?
500
...are the names of four early visitors and explorers.
Who were Captain Cook, Captain Meares, Captain Vancouver, and Robert Gray?
500
...a group sharing customs.
What is the meaning of the word band as it is used in the selection entitled "The Contributions of Sacagawea"?
500
The Corps of Discovery built Fort Clatsop near Astoria, Oregon.