-The Map of the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark

question 12

Multiple Choice

-The map of the Louisiana Purchase and the Lewis and Clark expedition illustrates that

• A) most of the terrain that the expedition traversed was mountainous
• B) the lands crossed by the expedition were relatively uninhabited
• C) the expedition primarily followed waterways such as the Missouri River across the West
• D) the expedition trespassed into Spanish Territory

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