Vocabulary
To get or obtain; have
What is acquire?
The president who purchased the Louisiana Territory.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Date of the Louisiana Purchase.
What is 1803?
Where the expedition began.
What is St. Louis, Missouri?
The price the U.S. paid for the Louisiana Purchase.
What is $15 Million
Priceless; not able to put a value on something or someone.
What is invaluable?
The French leader that sold the territory.
Who is Napoleon?
Year the Lewis & Clark Expedition began.
What is 1804?
Name one important task the expedition did.
Explore the Louisiana Purchase; map the Louisiana Purchase; discover plants and animals
Another name for the Lewis & Clark Expedition.
What is the Corps of Discovery?
A synonym for important.
Significant; profound; pivotal; crucial; monumental
The two leaders of the expedition.
Who are Lewis & Clark?
Year the Lewis & Clark Expedition returned to Missouri.
What is 1806?
Name something the expedition was asked to do but did not succeed in doing.
The country that sold the Louisiana Purchase to the U.S.
What is France?
To grow or widen something.
What is expand?
Without this person, the Lewis & Clark Expedition would not have been successful.
Who is Sacajawea?
The amount of money give for the expedition.
What is $2500?
The place where the expedition camped for the winter before returning home.
What is Fort Clatsop; What is the Pacific Ocean?
Two things Sacajawea contributed to the expedition.
What is interpret; guide; identify food sources?
The effect that a person, event, or situation has on something or someone.
What is impact?
This chief helped keep peace between the expedition and the Lakota Sioux.
Who is Chief Black Buffalo?
The 3 ways the expedition traveled.
What is by foot, boat, and horse?
The expedition leader that was friends with Thomas Jefferson.
Who is Meriwether Lewis?
Approximately how many miles the expedition traveled all together.
What is 7,000-8,000 miles?