Jedediah Smith

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/jedediah-smith

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

Transcontinental Exploration: Journeys undertaken to map and understand the vast distances across a continent.
Cartography: The science and practice of drawing maps, often requiring extensive surveying and data collection.
Mountain Man: An 18th and 19th-century explorer and trapper who lived and worked in the Rocky Mountains.
Westward Expansion: The 19th-century territorial growth of the United States, involving migration and settlement across North America.