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Grade 4 History Ch 3
Grade 4 History Ch 3 - New Words and New Names
Term | Definition |
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tepee | tent made by stretching animal skins over poles |
bullboat | boat made by stretching buffalo skins over a round frame |
syllabary | the Cherokee alphabet |
Indians | name Columbus gave to the people of the New World because he thought he was in India; often called American Indians or Native Americans |
John Eliot | missionary who translated the Bible into the language of the Massachusetts Indians |
Roger Williams | missionary who made friends with the Indians by treating them fairly |
David Brainerd | young missionary who gave his life to take the gospel to the Indians |
John Wesley | famous preacher from England who preached to the Indians |
Sequoya | Cherokee who developed the only known Indian alphabet of his time |
Jim Thorpe | Native American who, in 1950, was voted the greatest athlete of the 20th century |