Geographic Boundaries of the Louisiana Purchase

Questions

1. MultiChoice

   What natural geographic feature formed the eastern boundary of the Louisiana Purchase?

2. MultiChoice

   What major mountain range defined the western boundary of the Louisiana Territory?

3. MultiChoice

   Which country controlled the land to the southwest of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803?

4. MultiChoice

   Which country claimed the region north of the Louisiana Purchase in present-day Canada?

5. MultiChoice

   About how many square miles were added to the United States through the Louisiana Purchase?

6. MultiChoice

   The Louisiana Purchase roughly doubled the geographic area of the United States by adding territory between the Mississippi River and what feature?

7. MultiChoice

   Which treaty in 1819 helped formally define the southwestern border of the Louisiana Purchase with Spain?

8. MultiChoice

   What latitude line was established in 1818 as the northern boundary of the Louisiana Purchase between the US and British North America?

9. MultiChoice

   How many modern U.S. states (or parts of states) were created from the land of the Louisiana Purchase?

10. MultiChoice

    Which foreign leader sold the Louisiana Territory to the United States in 1803?

11. MultiChoice

    What nation claimed the Oregon Country west of the Rockies, which Lewis and Clark explored beyond the purchase boundaries?

12. MultiChoice

    Which modern state contains the site where the Louisiana Purchase transfer ceremony took place in 1804 (St. Louis)?