Continuance

Continuance Fall / Winter 2003-2004

Lewis and Clark Across the Curriculum

Questions from the US Geological Survey Website

1. In what part of the USA is the area depicted on the map located?

1.West 2.South 3.North 4.East 5.Central

2. In which state/states is this map located?

3. In what part of the state is this map located?

4. What is the latitude and longitude of the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi?

5. What is the distance, in kilometers and miles, from east to west across the map? What is the distance, in kilometers and miles, from north to south across the map?

6. What is the range of elevation in this area? Highest and Lowest?

7. Does the highest point on the map have a name? What is it?

8. Which direction(s) do the rivers flow in this area? Why?

For additional mapping ideas see the US Geological Survey Website for teachers and kids: www.usgs.gov/features/lewisandclark.html