Lewis and Clark Quiz: Corps of Discovery and Sacagawea

This Lewis and Clark quiz follows the Corps of Discovery from St. Louis to the Pacific and back. Play 10 interactive questions on Thomas Jefferson, the Louisiana Purchase, the Missouri River, Fort Mandan, Sacagawea, the Lemhi Pass, the Bitterroot Mountains, the Columbia River, Fort Clatsop and Seaman the dog.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Sent
Which president sent the expedition?
Purchase
Which land deal made the journey urgent?
Name
What was the expedition called?
River
Which river did they travel up first?
Winter
Where did they spend the winter of 1804-1805?
Guide
Which Shoshone woman joined the expedition?
Pass
Which pass took them across the Continental Divide?
Ocean
Which river carried them to the Pacific?
Fort
Where did they spend the winter of 1805-1806?
Dog
What kind of dog traveled with Lewis?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: Which president sent the expedition?
Answer: Thomas Jefferson
He wanted to explore new land.
Q2: Which land deal made the journey urgent?
Answer: The Louisiana Purchase
It was made in 1803.
Q3: What was the expedition called?
Answer: The Corps of Discovery
It set out in 1804.
Q4: Which river did they travel up first?
Answer: The Missouri
They started near St. Louis.
Q5: Where did they spend the winter of 1804-1805?
Answer: Fort Mandan
It was in present-day North Dakota.
Q6: Which Shoshone woman joined the expedition?
Answer: Sacagawea
She carried her baby son.
Q7: Which pass took them across the Continental Divide?
Answer: Lemhi Pass
It lies on the Idaho-Montana line.
Q8: Which river carried them to the Pacific?
Answer: The Columbia
They reached it in late 1805.
Q9: Where did they spend the winter of 1805-1806?
Answer: Fort Clatsop
It was near the Oregon coast.
Q10: What kind of dog traveled with Lewis?
Answer: A Newfoundland named Seaman
He helped guard camp.

Lewis And Clark Quiz – Corps of Discovery and Sacagawea

After the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, Thomas Jefferson sent Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to explore the West. Their Corps of Discovery set out from near St. Louis in May 1804 and traveled up the Missouri River.

They wintered at Fort Mandan in present-day North Dakota, where Sacagawea, a Shoshone woman, and her husband joined them. Her knowledge and presence helped the group when they met her people near the Lemhi Pass.

They struggled over the Bitterroot Mountains, followed the Columbia River and reached the Pacific in late 1805. After a wet winter at Fort Clatsop, they returned to St. Louis in 1806.

What This Quiz Teaches

History fans will enjoy these questions.

Who sent the expedition
Which rivers they followed
Where they wintered
Who helped them
Where they reached the coast

Did You Know?

Only one member died during the journey.
York, Clark's enslaved man, was part of the expedition.
They recorded many plants and animals new to science.
Sacagawea's son was born just before the journey west.
Clark carved his name on Pompey's Pillar in Montana.