The Louisiana Purchase and Exploration
Pages 318-323
Complete the activities below in your notebook.

Explain what the following terms mean and their importance:
1. Louisiana Purchase
2. Meriwether Lewis
3. William Clark
4. Lewis and Clark Expedition
5. York
6. Sacagawea
7. Zebulon Pike

Answer the rest of the questions using complete sentences.
8. Why do you think Jefferson chose to purchase Louisiana? (pg. 319)
9. What two rivers met at the starting point of the Lewis and Clark expedition? (pg. 320)
10. How were Lewis and Clark’s return routes different from each other?
11. What were the different skills of Lewis and Clark that qualified them as co-leaders of the expedition? (pg. 321)
12. What did Lewis and Clark keep that allows us to know all about their expedition?
13. Why was the Lewis and Clark expedition valuable? (pg. 322)
14. What were the effects of exploration of the West in the 1800’s? (pg. 323)
15. Why might Pike’s description of the Great Plains have led to the idea that Native Americans east of the Mississippi should move there?