National geographic documentary lewis and clark (video guide)
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President Thomas Jefferson appointed Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to lead an expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase territory and establish trade relations with Native American tribes. Lewis and Clark brought Sacagawea, a Shoshone woman, as an interpreter which proved invaluable as she helped them locate and communicate with her brother's tribe. After a difficult journey crossing the Rocky Mountains, they reached the Pacific Ocean near present-day Astoria, Oregon, becoming the first United States citizens to travel across the continent and back by land.
National geographic documentary lewis and clark (video guide)
- 1. National Geographic Documentary Lewis and Clark Expedition Instructions: Please answer the following items as you view the documentary about Lewis and Clark 1. Who appointed Lewis and Clark to take their expedition? ________________________________________________________________________ 2. The narrator of the video compared Lewis and Clarks journey to a journey to ________________________________________________________________________ 3. Summarize the skills of both Lewis and Clark. Lewis: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Clark: ________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4. What was Yorks relationship to Clark? ________________________________________________________________________ 5. What was the main mission of Lewis and Clark? ________________________________________________________________________
- 2. ________________________________________________________________________ 6. What did Clark make with his records and notes? ________________________________________________________________________ 7. List an example of an animal species discovered by Lewis and Clark: ________________________________________________________________________ 8. Even though they were instructed to be peaceful with them, what message did Lewis send to the Native Americans? ________________________________________________________________________ 9. Why did Lewis and Clark ask Charbonneau to bring his wife, Sacagawea on the journey? ________________________________________________________________________ 10. List some of the ways Sacagawea helped on the journey. ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 11. Why were Lewis and Clark trying to find the Shoshone people? ________________________________________________________________________ 12. As they were expecting to find a river to lead to the Pacific Ocean, Lewis and Clark were met with the challenge of
- 3. ________________________________________________________________________ 13. In their meeting with the Shoshone, Sacagawea recognized the chief of the tribe as her ________________________________________________________________________ 14. What challenges did the expedition face in crossing the Rocky Mountains? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 15. How did river travel change after Lewis and Clark passed the Rocky Mountains and the Great Continental Divide? ________________________________________________________________________ 17. After reaching the Pacific, the group voted on the location of their winter settlement. What was unique about this vote? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 18. Because of Clarks new map, the return trip only took _______________________________________________________________________