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Iowa History- Early Explorers
Test Description: Review of unit on Lewis and Clark, Zebulon Pike, Julien Dubuque, Marquette and Joliet, and other explorers.
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Which of the following is the correct order that these people visited or arrived in Iowa?
A
Pike, Lewis/Clark, Marquette, Dubuque
B
Marquette, Dubuque, Lewis/Clark, Pike
C
Dubuque, Pike, Lewis/Clark, Marquette
D
Marquette, Lewis/Clark, Pike, Dubuque
2) What two expeditions traveled the big rivers bordering Iowa to survey the Louisiana Purchase made by the United States?
A
Lewis and Clark; Marquette
B
Pike and Dubuque
C
Lewis and Clark; Pike
D
Pike and Marquette
3) What was the name of the Indian woman who went with the Lewis and Clark expedition as a wife of one of the crewmembers, as well as a guide?
A
Little Big Woman
B
Sacajawea
C
Black Hawk
D
Pocahontas
4) Which of the following is NOT a reason that Pike was sent up the Mississippi River?
A
find out about the region
B
to teach the Indians about Christianity
C
to select areas for forts
D
to exchange British flags for American
5) What mineral did Dubuque mine?
A
lead ore
B
coal
C
gold
D
silver
6) How did Dubuque trick the Indians?
A
pretended to be an Indian
B
gave them whiskey, took their land
C
“started water on fire”
D
dressed like a buffalo
7) What was Marquette?
A
experienced explorer
B
trader
C
map maker
D
Jesuit priest
8) The “Hidden River,” “Inland Sea,” “River St. Louis,” “Colbert River,” and “Great River” are all names for which river?
A
Ohio River
B
Missouri River
C
Mississippi River
D
Colorado River
9) Who were the first white men to set foot in Iowa, that we know of?
A
Pike and Dubuque
B
Marquette and Joliet
C
Clark and Sacagawea
D
Romeo and Juliet
10) Who settled in Iowa to mine lead, becoming Iowa’s first settler?
A
Dubuque
B
Joliet
C
Lewis
D
Pike
11) Who was the President of the United States that bought land in the Louisiana Purchase?
A
Bill Clinton
B
Thomas Jefferson
C
Abraham Lincoln
D
John F. Kennedy
12) What country did the United States buy land from in the Louisiana Purchase?
A
Mexico
B
France
C
Spain
D
England
13) Which explorer, whom a peak in Colorado is named after, went on an expedition to find the source of the Mississippi River?
A
Joliet
B
Pike
C
Dubuque
D
Lewis
14) what year did the Corps of Discovery leave on their journey to explore and search for the Northwest Passage?
A
1902
B
1967
C
1819
D
1803
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