Name Per. Exploring the Louisiana Purchase

1. 
   Label on your map each place described below with its name and the letter next to the place.
   

A. Before 1803 this nation’s eastern and western boundaries were defined by the Atlantic Ocean and the Mississippi River.

B. Jefferson sent representatives to France to buy this city.

C. This mountain range is North America’s continental divide.

D. This territory was claimed by Great Britain, Russia, Spain, and the U.S.

E. Napoleon sold the U.S. this territory in order to finance his European wars.

F. The Rio Grande and Great Salt Lake were two bodies of water in this region.

G. Lewis and Clark began their expedition from this city.

H. St. Augustine the oldest European settlement in the U.S., was in this territory. (Hint: The Sunshine State)

I. Lewis and Clark followed this river when they explored the territory the U.S. had recently purchased.

2. 
   Use 3 different colors/highlighters to trace the route of Pike’s 2 expeditions as well as Lewis and Clark’s expedition.
   

3. 
   Whose expedition went into Spanish territory?
   

4. 
   Which city lay at the mouth of the Mississippi River?
   

5. 
   At approximately what latitude and longitude is St. Louis?
   

6. 
   Whose expedition traveled to a longitude of approximately 124 degrees west?