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Journeys Seen From Both Sides is a free printable Grade 3 to Grade 5 social studies worksheet on how explorers and Native nations saw the same journeys differently, aligned to C3 Framework indicator D2.His.4.3-5. It prints 8 questions with an answer key on its own sheet of paper, in 25 versions that each ask different questions, so no two students in the class work from the same page. Print it from the browser or download it as a PDF — no account, no email.

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Journeys Seen From Both Sides

D2.His.4.3-5

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1.Why did many Native nations later see that journey as the start of a loss?
  • A.The explorers stayed and became chiefs
  • B.Settlers who followed took over their lands
  • C.The journey closed the rivers
2.How might Lakota leaders have seen the expedition coming up the Missouri River?
  • A.As long-lost relatives
  • B.As soldiers sent to help them
  • C.As strangers who might threaten their control of trade on the river
3.Why did President Jefferson want Lewis and Clark to cross the continent?
  • A.To find a way to the Moon
  • B.To start a war with Spain
  • C.To learn about the land, plants and peoples, and find a route to the Pacific
4.Why did the Mandan welcome Lewis and Clark for the winter of 1804?
  • A.They were traders and wanted good trade with the newcomers
  • B.They wanted to move to Washington
  • C.They had never met traders before
5.Why did many Americans see the Lewis and Clark journey as a success?
  • A.It found a sea route to China
  • B.It ended all wars in the West
  • C.It mapped a route west and opened the way for trade and settlement
6.Why do two groups at the same time often see one event differently?
  • A.The event may help one group and harm the other
  • B.People in the past had no opinions
  • C.One group is always wrong
7.Columbus believed he had reached Asia. Where had he really landed?
  • A.In India
  • B.On islands in the Caribbean Sea, in the Americas
  • C.In China
8.To the Taíno people of the Caribbean, what did the arrival of the Spanish bring?
  • A.Disease, forced labor and the loss of their land
  • B.Nothing at all
  • C.New freedom and more land

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Answer key — Journeys Seen From Both Sides

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  1. 1.Settlers who followed took over their lands
  2. 2.As strangers who might threaten their control of trade on the river
  3. 3.To learn about the land, plants and peoples, and find a route to the Pacific
  4. 4.They were traders and wanted good trade with the newcomers
  5. 5.It mapped a route west and opened the way for trade and settlement
  6. 6.The event may help one group and harm the other
  7. 7.On islands in the Caribbean Sea, in the Americas
  8. 8.Disease, forced labor and the loss of their land

Last reviewed 2026-09-05. Aligned to D2.His.4.3-5 of the C3 Framework for Social Studies State Standards.