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Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery

  1. Name 8 modern day U. S. states that the Corps of Discovery traveled through on their journey. Include the trail on your map.

  1. Who was Sacagawea? What role did she play in the expedition?
  2. What was Sacagawea’s Husband’s name?
  3. What is the name of the primary river on which Lewis and Clark traveled during their expedition?
  4. What did Jefferson hope to accomplish with this expedition?
  5. Name and describe three new plant and animal species found on this expedition.

Wait out the storm.

  1. Did you shoot the bear?
  2. How many shots did it typically take to kill a grizzly?
  3. What were some of the new types of animals they see along the Missouri?
  4. What was the unexpected challenge they faced?
  5. What passage was Clark looking for?
  6. Which fork do you chose?
  7. What do you do with the Indians you spot?
  8. What do you tell the men to do when you hear someone on the edge of the camp?
  9. What tribe did the Indians belong to?
  10. What problems have you yet to face along the river?
  11. What is the name of the waterfall?
  12. Describe several obstacles encountered during the expedition.
  13. What is the main reason you cannot leave Sacagawea behind?
  14. What method to they use to try to heal Sacagawea?

Do you bleed her or use opium?

  1. What do they name the three branches they discovered?

Choose the Jefferson.

  1. Which direction does the Jefferson head?
  2. What point does Sacagawea identify?
  3. What do you do when you spot the Indian as a sign of peace?

Track the Indian, next page: Wait to track

  1. Which river do they find the source of?

Put down your guns

  1. What is the Shoshone chief’s name?

Tell the Chief to be brave.

  1. Who do you meet at the Jefferson?
  2. Why does Sacagawea know Chief Cameahwait?
  3. What did the Corps gain from meeting the Shoshone?

Which route do you travel?

  1. How many days did you add by going to the source of the Missouri?
  2. What are some of the problems the expedition faces once it crosses the mountains?

Trust Toby

  1. What does the Corps eat when the food runs out?
  2. How long does it take to get out of the mountains?
  3. What tribe do you meet along the banks of the Clearwater River? Who is their chief?

Eat salmon or horse

Continue westward

  1. What did they need to continue west?
  2. How did they build canoes?
  3. What date did you first see the ocean?
  4. How many miles did they travel from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean?
  5. What does the Corps of Discovery vote to do?
  6. What do they carve into the tree?