Exploration and Settlement

Grade 4 Social Studies Worksheet - Challenge Me

Circle the answer.

1. 1.

   Look at the Oregon timeline. Which event fills the empty box?

   • Jamestown is founded (1607)
   • the railroad is finished (1869)
   • the first wagon trains leave (1843)
   • Columbus reaches the Caribbean (1492)
2. 2.

   Lewis and Clark set out in 1804. What was one goal of their trip?

   • to find gold in the California mountains
   • to start a new colony at Jamestown
   • to map the land of the Louisiana Purchase
   • to build a railroad to the Pacific
3. 3.

   Horses arrive with the Spanish. Plains nations begin riding them. What is a likely effect?

   • They start farming rice in lakes.
   • They can follow bison herds much farther.
   • They stop moving and build longhouses instead.
   • They begin fishing along the Pacific coast.
4. 4.

   Sacagawea spoke the Shoshone language. How did this help Lewis and Clark?

   • She read their maps of Asia for them.
   • She spoke Spanish with the mission priests.
   • She helped them get Shoshone horses.
   • She led them to gold in California.