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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was the Native American woman who helped Lewis and Clark as a translator and guide?
A
Pocahontas
B
Sacagawea
C
Rebecca White
D
Abigail Adams
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sacagawea was either 16 or 17 years old when she joined the Corps of Discovery . She met Lewis and Clark while she was living among the Mandan and Hidatsa in North Dakota, though she was a Lemhi Shoshone from Idaho.

Detailed explanation-2: -Sacagawea was an interpreter and guide for Meriwether Lewis and William Clark’s expedition westward from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Coast. Though spelled numerous ways in the journals of expedition members, Sacagawea is generally believed to be a Hidatsa name (Sacaga means “bird” and wea means “woman”).

Detailed explanation-3: -Sacajawea, a Shoshone Indian served as an interpreter and guide for Lewis and Clark during their westward expedition. She was vital to their survival in finding food and negotiations with Native American tribes. In the winter of 1804-1805 Lewis and Clark camped out at Fort Mandan along the Missouri River.

Detailed explanation-4: -USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE-2) proudly bears the name of Sacagawea, the Shoshone Native American girl who acted as guide and interpreter for Lewis and Clark on their expedition into the Northwest region of the United States. Sacagawea was born in circa 1786.

Detailed explanation-5: -Sacagawea is best known for her association with the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804–06). A Shoshone woman, she accompanied the expedition as an interpreter and traveled with them for thousands of miles from St Louis, Missouri, to the Pacific Northwest.

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