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Gr 6 Hist Ch 4
Gr 6 History
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| United States | the 4th largest country in the world |
| Appalachian Mountains | the system of low mountain ranges in eastern North America extending nearly 2,000 miles from Canada to Alabama |
| Cumberland Gap | the mountain pass used by settlers on their way west |
| Mammoth Cave | the largest known underground cave system in the world |
| Piedmont Plateau | the hilly, rolling land which lies between the Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic Coastal Plain |
| Atlantic Ocean | the world's second largest body of water which is also the world's saltiest ocean |
| wampum | beads made from quahog shells, strung together, and used as gifts or money |
| venison | deer meat |
| Everglades | a low, marshy area of tall grasses and swamps in what is now southern Florida; home of the Seminoles |
| "Praying Indians" | the Indian converts of John Eliot |
| syllabary | system of writing developed by Sequoya for the Cherokee |
| Hopewell Indians | on of the earliest cultures in the Eastern Woodlands; famous for their burial mounds |
| Iroquois | Eastern Woodland Indians who traditionally lived in longhouses |
| Iroquois League of Five Nations | the largest Indian group in the Eastern U.S. |
| Mohawks | "man-eaters"; the easternmost tribe of the League of Five Nations |
| Cherokees | a tribe of Iroquois not in the League |
| Shawnee | "southerners"; Indians of Kentucky, Illinois, and Indiana |
| Creeks | large and powerful nation who lived in Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama |
| Seminoles | "runaway"; a mixture of Creek, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Indians, and runaway slaves |
| Wampanoag | Indians who met the Pilgrims |
| Delaware | on of the most civilized Native American tribes; kept a pictorial chronicle of their history and traditions |
| Samoset | first Native to greet the Pilgrims |
| John Eliot | "Apostle to the Indians"; first Bible printed in America was his translation of an Indian language |
| John Campanius | Swedish Lutheran missionary who translated some of Martin Luther's catechism into the Delaware language |
| Roger Williams | founder of Rhode Island and of America's first Baptist church |
| David Brainerd | young missionary who worked tirelessly among the Indians in spite of his poor health |
| Tattamy | David Brainerd's Native American interpreter |
| Joseph Brant | Mohawk chief who helped translate parts of the Bible into the Mohawk language |
| Tecumseh | Shawnee chief who fought to keep all white men out of Native American territory |
| Sequoya | Cherokee who invented a written language for his people |
| wild turkey | pheasant-like bird native to the Eastern woodlands |
| white-tailed deer | among the most important prey of woodland Indians |
| wapiti | also called American elk; important to Indians for their meat, hide, and antlers |
| black bear | one of the largest mammals in the Eastern woodlands |
| 1) world's second largest body of water 2) saltiest ocean 3) most important ocean for commerce 4) once contained major fishing grounds of the world 4) many varieties of shellfish and other useful sea creatures 5) many unusual and little-known fish live in the deep ocean | facts about the Atlantic Ocean |
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