SparkNotes: Sacajawea: Review Test

1. Which newly acquired territory did the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804- 1806) explore?

(A) Ohio Valley

(B) New England

(C) Louisiana Territory

(D) Florida

2. To what Native American group did Sacajawea belong?

(A) Shoshoni

(B) Hidatsa

(C) Nez Perce

(D) Comanche

3. Who captured Sacajawea when she was a girl?

(A) Nez Perces

(B) Shoshonis

(C) Hidatsas

(D) Seminoles

4. Who purchased Sacajawea from her captors?

(A) Walla Wallas

(B) Meriwether Lewis

(C) William Clark

(D) Toussaint Charbonneau

5. Of the following, who was married to Toussaint Charbonneau?

(A) Woman of the Blue Corn Moon

(B) Deer Lady

(C) Otter Woman

(D) Wind Singer

6. What was Sacajawea's son's name?

(A) Cameahwait

(B) Jean Baptiste

(C) Sitting Bull

(D) Thomas Munroe

7. What was Sacajawea's son's nickname?

(A) Tommy

(B) J.B.

(C) Pomp

(D) Circumstance

8. How old was Charbonneau when the Lewis and Clark expedition started?

(A) 46

(B) 25

(C) 80

(D) 35

9. About how old was Sacajawea when the Lewis and Clark Expedition began?

(A) 29

(B) 21

(C) 16

(D) 12

10. Who called Sacajawea's easygoing personality "philosophy or folly"?

(A) Charbonneau

(B) Clark

(C) Cameahwait

(D) Lewis

11. How was Sacajawea's name spelled in most of the journal entries on the expedition?

(A) Sacajawea

(B) Sakakawea

(C) Sacagawea

(D) Sakkyjawya

12. Who was responsible for nearly flipping one of the expedition's boats over, and losing many vital supplies into the Missouri River's waters?

(A) Lewis

(B) Sacajawea

(C) Charbonneau

(D) Clark

13. Who saved many of the supplies from floating away when an expedition boat nearly capsized?

(A) Lewis

(B) Charbonneau

(C) Jean Baptiste

(D) Sacajawea

14. By which route did Sacajawea lead Clark's party through the Rockies?

(A) Shoshoni Trail

(B) Grand Canyon

(C) Bozeman Pass

(D) Walla Walla Path

15. Which of the following rivers did the Lewis and Clark Expedition never use?

(A) Yellowstone

(B) Suwannee

(C) Marias

(D) Missouri

16. Who was Sacajawea's brother?

(A) Sitting Bull

(B) Chief Seattle

(C) Cameahwait

(D) Geronimo

17. What was the most important commodity the Lewis and Clark Expedition got from the Shoshonis?

(A) Horses

(B) Food

(C) Bullets

(D) Maps

18. Where do most people think Sacajawea died?

(A) Fort Mandan

(B) Fort Clatsop

(C) Fort Manuel

(D) Fort LaPorte

19. Where did Sacajawea and Charbonneau join the expedition?

(A) Fort Clatsop

(B) Fort LaPorte

(C) Fort Manuel

(D) Fort Mandan

20. Where did the Lewis and Clark expedition camp during the winter of 1806?

(A) Fort Mandan

(B) Fort Manuel

(C) Fort Clatsop

(D) Fort LaPorte

21. While wintering on the West Coast, in present-day Oregon, what did Sacajawea beg to go to the beach to see?

(A) A beached whale

(B) Seashells

(C) The sunset

(D) Sea lions

22. Which of the following Native American groups were best known for nose jewelry?

(A) Shoshoni

(B) Hidatsa

(C) Nez Perce

(D) Comanche

23. Which kind of animal attacked several members of the Lewis and Clark expedition?

(A) Rattlesnakes

(B) Cougar

(C) Bobcat

(D) Grizzly Bear

24. Who among the Lewis and Clark party was accidentally shot when one of the men mistook him for an elk?

(A) Clark

(B) Charbonneau

(C) Lewis

(D) McLean

25. Lewis's party had a skirmish with which Native American group?

(A) Nez Perce

(B) Blackfeet

(C) Shoshoni

(D) Hedatsa

26. Which country sold the Louisiana Territory to the U.S. in 1803?

(A) Spain

(B) Italy

(C) France

(D) England

27. What does "Pomp" mean in Shoshoni?

(A) First born

(B) Big shot

(C) Great hunter

(D) Fast runner

28. Who oversaw and financed Jean Baptiste's education?

(A) Lewis

(B) Jefferson

(C) Clark

(D) Napoleon

29. How did Charbonneau communicate with most Native American groups?

(A) By speaking fluently

(B) By drawing in the dirt

(C) By writing

(D) By sign language

30. Did Lewis or Clark get along better with Sacajawea?

(A) Lewis

(B) Clark

(C) Neither really liked her

(D) They had an equal fondness for her

31. What did Sacajawea give to the expedition so it could be traded to locals?

(A) Her blue-beaded belt

(B) Her golden ring

(C) Her leather breeches

(D) The shells she collected

32. Which of the following did the members of the Lewis and Clark expedition do while at Fort Clatsop?

(A) Knit

(B) Learn to farm corn

(C) Make salt

(D) Go swimming

33. Some people suggest Sacajawea might have had an affair with whom?

(A) Jefferson

(B) Lewis

(C) Clark

(D) McLuhan

34. Who usually walked beside Clark on the shore (as the boats moved slowly up the Missouri River) at the beginning of the expedition?

(A) Lewis

(B) Charbonneau

(C) Sacajawea

(D) Fortinbras

35. Who usually walked behind Clark on shore at the beginning of the expedition?

(A) Lewis

(B) Charbonneau

(C) Sacajawea

(D) York

36. What city did Sacajawea go to?

(A) St. Louis

(B) Kansas City

(C) Denver

(D) San Francisco

37. What was the "Experiment"?

(A) A new weapon

(B) A chemical project

(C) An iron boat

(D) A machine for making salt

38. Which of the following mountains did the expedition cross twice?

(A) The Alps

(B) The Appalachians

(C) The Sierra Mountains

(D) The Bitterroot Mountains

39. According to the Fort Manuel version of her life, what did Sacajawea die of?

(A) Pneumonia

(B) Poison

(C) Fever

(D) Smallpox

40. In tough conditions, Sacajawea was known for always being what?

(A) Cheerful

(B) Accusatory

(C) Quiet

(D) Frightened

41. Where was Fort Mandan located?

(A) Montana

(B) South Dakota

(C) North Dakota

(D) Nevada

42. Where was Fort Manuel located?

(A) Nevada

(B) Montana

(C) North Dakota

(D) South Dakota

43. The Missouri River flowed through which state?

(A) Utah

(B) Nevada

(C) Montana

(D) Oregon

44. Which state did the Columbia River flow through?

(A) California

(B) Washington

(C) Montana

(D) North Dakota

45. Which of the following rivers flows into the Missouri River?

(A) Mississippi

(B) Columbia

(C) Marias

(D) Suwannee

46. For what did Clark become famous among the Native Americans along the expedition trail?

(A) Healing

(B) Violence

(C) Giving away medals

(D) Cheating at cards

47. How many times did Sacajawea become seriously ill during the Lewis and Clark Expedition?

(A) 0

(B) 1

(C) 2

(D) 3

48. What did Sacajawea's name mean in Shoshoni?

(A) Buffalo Woman

(B) Cougar Woman

(C) Otter Woman

(D) Bird Woman