 | Term | Definition |
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John Eliot |
known as teh "Apostle to the Indians," his translation of the Bible into an Indian language was the first Bible printed in America |
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Sequoya |
He invented a system of written language for the Cherokees known as the syllabary |
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Jacques Cartier |
opened the way for trade between the French and the Indians |
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Henry Hudson |
discovered the world's largest bay |
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Roger Williams |
founded Rhode Island |
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John Cabot |
was the first modern explorer to reach the North American mainland |
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Joseph Brant |
he translated the Scriptures into the Mohawk language |
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David Brainerd |
he was a famous missionary to the Indians; he died at age 29 |
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prairie |
a plain or a hilly region within the temperate zone that is covered by grasses |
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trees |
the plants that are least likely to grow on a prairie |
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bison |
the most important animal to the Indians of the plains |
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prairie dog |
the ground squirrel that did much to shape the surface of the prairie |
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bison |
the largest land animal in the Wester Hemisphere |
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Aztecs |
the most famous Indians to settle in Mexico |
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prairies |
experience more extreme weather conditions than other areas |
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Maya Indians of Central America |
had an advanced early civilization |
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Incas |
the most famous South american Indians |
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The League of Five Nations |
made up of five Iroquois tribes |
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Wampanoag Tribe |
the Indian tribe that joined the Pilgrims to celebrate the first Thanksgiving |
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Inuit |
the people of Greenland and the Canadian Arctic region call themselves _____________ |
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Blackfoot Tribe |
named for the color of their moccasins |
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Indians of the Dakota |
tribe that were also called the Sioux |
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tepees |
what most Plains Indians lived in |
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Sioux |
The ________ defeated General Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn |
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Missouri River |
the chief tributary of the Mississippi river |
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Gulf of Mexico |
the world's largest gulf |
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Black Hills |
the hills that contain Mount Rushmore |
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Gulf Stream |
an important Atlantic current that begins in the Gulf of Mexico |
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Mississippi River |
the longest river in the United States |
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Badlands |
a region in the Dakotas which has many irregular cliffs and spectacularly colored hills |
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