Question

the crowning achievement of president thomas jeffersons administration was his purchase of the louisiana territory from the french emperor, napoleon, in 1803. by doing so, he effectively doubled the amount of land occupied by the united states. this annexation was 530 million acres of wilderness. while there had been indigenous people living on that land for years, it had not been mapped and categorized by a member of the united states government yet. in order to take stock of what was in that territory and what existed on the western half of the continent, jefferson decided to send a team of explorers to investigate and report back to him. jefferson selected meriwether lewis to be the leader of the team, and lewis chose john clark to be his co-captain.

the team was named the corps of discovery, and they hoped to find passages, animals, and plants which would be new and unheard of to the eastern-dwelling americans. it was in this spirit that the team of approximately four dozen men—and lewiss newfoundland dog—set off from st. louis, missouri, in may, 1804.

this question has two parts. first, answer part a. then, answer part b.
part a
what does the word indigenous mean as it is used in paragraph 1?
□ native
□ foreign
□ friendly
□ occupied
part b
which phrase from the text best supports the answer to part a?
□ \acres of wilderness\
□ \living on that land for years\
□ \had not been mapped and categorized\
□ \what existed on the western half of the continent\
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Explanation:

For Part A, in the context of "indigenous people living on that land for years," the word means people native to the land, as they were there prior to the territory's purchase. For Part B, the phrase "living on that land for years" supports the definition, as it shows the people were originally from and had long inhabited the territory.

Answer:

Part A: native
Part B: "living on that land for years"