Explorers Interactive Quiz

Two explorers who crossed the Rocky Mountains were ----.
1. Lewis and Clark
2. Pike and Jefferson
3. Columbus and Ponce de Leon
President ---- sent Lewis and Clark to explore the Northwest.
1. Washington
2. Adams
3. Jefferson
4. Madison
5. Monroe
Lewis and Clark were given the assignment to look for the beginnings of the ---- River.
1. Mississippi
2. Ohio
3. Missouri
Lewis and Clark were asked to find a way ---- .
1. to the Atlantic Ocean
2. through the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean
3. to Mexico City
Select one thing Lewis and Clark were NOT supposed to do on the trip.
1. learn about the Native Americans
2. find out about plants, animals, and minerals
3. find the Grand Canyon
4. make maps
A Native American woman named ---- helped guide Lewis and Clark to the Rocky Mountains.
1. Sacajawea
2. Pocahontas
3. Wilma Mankiller
4. Pine Leaf
An explorer in the Northwest Territory was ----.
1. Vespucci
2. Pike
3. Columbus
4. Hudson
Pike traveled to Santa Fe in New Mexico and talked to the ---- settlers asking if they would like to trade with the Americans to the east.
1. Spanish
2. French
3. Dutch
Zebulon ---- found a mountain reaching 14,115 feet above sea level in the southern Front Range of the Rocky Mountains and named it after himself.
1. Coronado
2. Champlain
3. La Salle
4. Pike

American History 1785 - 1849