CHAPTER 8.3: Questions
Section
3 The Louisiana Territory/ page 280
DIRECTIONS:
Answer the following questions on a blank piece of note book paper.
Each question is worth 1 point. Write
your name, date and class period on each page.
When you are done, work on your vocab list, workbook or map.
The Lewis and Clark Expedition
__________________1. When did the plans to develop the Louisiana Territory
made?
__________________2. Both Lewis and Clark fought under which General?
__________________3. The instructions and plan for the trip reflected whose
own interests?
__________________4. Were Jefferson’s instructions to the team detailed or
general in nature?
__________________5. Jefferson was interested in what type of cultures?
__________________6. List 4 major items Jefferson wanted the expedition to
take note of?
__________________7. What kind of language was used to communicate with the
Indians?
__________________8. The Corps of Discovery consisted of how many people?
__________________9. Who was the first member of the expedition of African
descent?
Westward to the Pacific
__________________10. How many boats where used in the expedition?
__________________11. How many stars did the US flag have by 1804?
__________________12. Who later accompanied the expedition from Canada?
__________________13. What did Sacagawea mean?
__________________14. The Indians living in the Rocky Mountain regions were
called what?
__________________15. In 1805 the expedition reached what important river
that led to the Pacific?
__________________16. How long did the expedition last for?
__________________17. Did Jefferson lose hope in the expedition ever coming
back?
__________________18. Were there serious clashes with the Indians during the
expedition?
__________________19. Was the expedition a failure or success, according to
the book?
Lewis and Clark’s Achievement
__________________20. List the 4 major accomplishment of the expedition?
Pike’s Adventures
__________________21. The success of Lewis and Clark’s open wide which
territory of exploration?
__________________22. New discoveries spurred other explorers like whom?
__________________23. Pike set out from which city on the Mississippi?
__________________24. Was Pike successful in searching for the source of the
Mississippi?
__________________25. Pike next explored what part of the Louisiana Purchase?
__________________26. What mountain in Colorado is named after Pike?
__________________27. Who was more observant, Lewis and Clark or Pike?
__________________28. Santa Fe was in which European colony at this time?
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Vocab