Exploration
What did explorers seek to help cover the taste of spoiled food?
Spices
What does "native" mean when we say Native Americans?
they were there first
The colonists had lots of military advantages over the British army.
False
The movement of Americans westward was helpful to the Indians, because they were given guns.
False
What was slavery?
making people do work, against their will
Some explorers found power and great value in discovering and claiming what 2 things?
Gold and land
What was the one thing that prairie Indians relied on more than anything?
buffalo
Colonists came to North America because they wanted to own _______ and have freedom to choose their ________.
land, religion
People built homes on the prairie and along wooded areas out of what 2 things?
Sod/grass/dirt and trees/logs
What were the 2 sides called that were fighting each other in the Civil War?
North and South
People leaving their homeland would often bring what with them?
photos, household necessary items, little clothing
Why did the Native Americans have to leave their lands?
New settlers were taking the land for farming and they killed the buffalo
How did the location of each colony affect its source of food? Those by the ocean, those in flat land, those in wooded areas.
water - fish, land - crop, woods - hunting
Many families heard rumors of great wealth. Where did they travel to and what did they look for?
California, Gold
What was invented during the Civil War to help communication improve?
Telegraph/Morse Code
What 2 things did explorers have with them that would keep them healthy and encouraged?
Name 3 things that the buffalo bones were used for.
answers vary
Match these names of jobs in the colonies...
Blacksmith, Cooper, Farrier
Made wooden large barrels, made horseshoes, melted metal for tools
Blacksmith - melted metal for tools
Cooper - made large wooden barrels
Farrier - made horseshoes
The train
What was the Underground Railroad?
Trail of people and homes that slaves could travel to freedom in the north
What 3 things did explorers have with them on the sailships that would help them get safely from one place to the next?
map, compass, sail repair
Name 3 things that the buffalo hide was used for.
answers vary
What made the colonists more and more upset and led to the American Revolution?
they were taxed and not represented by the British governenment
Many families traveled westward together. Describe 3 challenges they faced.
Illness, broken wagons, animals died, no food, attacks, little water, winter
What was a pup tent?
small tent for 2 soldiers made with a tarp and their rifles