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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
Dubuque, Pike, Lewis/Clark, Marquette
B
Marquette, Lewis/Clark, Pike, Dubuque
C
Marquette, Dubuque, Lewis/Clark, Pike
D
Pike, Lewis/Clark, Marquette, Dubuque
2) What two expeditions traveled the big rivers bordering Iowa to survey the Louisiana Purchase made by the United States?
A
Pike and Marquette
B
Lewis and Clark; Pike
C
Pike and Dubuque
D
Lewis and Clark; 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
Pocahontas
B
Little Big Woman
C
Black Hawk
D
Sacajawea
4) Which of the following is NOT a reason that Pike was sent up the Mississippi River?
A
to exchange British flags for American
B
find out about the region
C
to select areas for forts
D
to teach the Indians about Christianity
5) What mineral did Dubuque mine?
A
gold
B
coal
C
silver
D
lead ore
6) How did Dubuque trick the Indians?
A
pretended to be an Indian
B
gave them whiskey, took their land
C
dressed like a buffalo
D
“started water on fire”
7) What was Marquette?
A
experienced explorer
B
Jesuit priest
C
trader
D
map maker
8) The “Hidden River,” “Inland Sea,” “River St. Louis,” “Colbert River,” and “Great River” are all names for which river?
A
Mississippi River
B
Colorado River
C
Missouri River
D
Ohio River
9) Who were the first white men to set foot in Iowa, that we know of?
A
Marquette and Joliet
B
Romeo and Juliet
C
Clark and Sacagawea
D
Pike and Dubuque
10) Who settled in Iowa to mine lead, becoming Iowa’s first settler?
A
Pike
B
Joliet
C
Dubuque
D
Lewis
11) Who was the President of the United States that bought land in the Louisiana Purchase?
A
Abraham Lincoln
B
Bill Clinton
C
Thomas Jefferson
D
John F. Kennedy
12) What country did the United States buy land from in the Louisiana Purchase?
A
France
B
Spain
C
Mexico
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
Pike
B
Lewis
C
Dubuque
D
Joliet
14) what year did the Corps of Discovery leave on their journey to explore and search for the Northwest Passage?
A
1902
B
1819
C
1967
D
1803
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