Native America
Colonial America
Revolutionary America
Oral Tradition
Vocabulary
100

Many Natives were destroyed during the initial arrival of European settlers by these two things

What is war and disease?

100

What religious group did the settlers of Jamestown belong to?

What is "Separatists"?

100

What caused the unrest in the mid-1760's American colonies?

What is "unfair taxation by the British"?

100

Why was oral tradition originally created?

What is "to pass on stories before the creation of written language"?

100

Which word means "to lessen in force, amount, or intensity"?

What is "abate"?

200

Native Americans believed who truly owned the land

What is no one

200

According to "Of Plymouth Plantation", which two Native Americans saved the colonists from starvation?

Who are "Squanto and Samoset"?

200

Why did Benjamin Franklin write "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin"?

What is "to provide a model of manhood for his son"?

200

What is the name of the formerly enslaved railroad worker who became a part of American frontier oral tradition?

Who is "John Henry"?

200

What word means "to strongly hate or detest"?

What is "abhor"?

300

What Native American song is about the cycle of life and death and reverence for nature?

What is "I Have Killed the Deer"?

300

How did Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca survive his shipwrecks in America?

What is "he lived with the Native tribes"?

300

What is a clever saying designed to teach a lesson or truth, such as those found in Poor Richard's Almanack?

What is "an aphorism"?
300

What are the three reasons stories change over time?

What is "stories are not static", "memory gaps", and "audience adaption"?
300

Which word means "bound by a contract to work for someone for a set time"?

What is "indentured"?

400

What central metaphor did Dekanawida use to symbolize the law and government in "The Iroquois Constitution"?

What is "The Tree of Great Peace"?
400

What central metaphor does Jonathan Edwards use in his famous sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?"

What is "a spider held over a fire"?

400
For what purpose did Patrick Henry deliver his famous "Speech to the Second Virginia Convention"?

What is "to convince his fellow colonists that they must fight"?

400

What is the definition of oral tradition?

What is "passing on stories by word of mouth"?

400

What word means "to reject with disdain or scorn"?

What is "spurn"?

500

In "How the World Was Made", why is Cherokee country so full of mountains?

What is "the Great Buzzard"?

500

How does Oladuah Equiano end his narrative?

What is "a direct address to end slavery"?

500

Which famous battle/battles featured the "shot heard 'round the world", signifying the start of the American Revolution?

What is "The Battle of Lexington and Concord"?

500

What is an archetype often seen in mythological oral traditions across the world?

What is "The Trickster"?

500

What word means "to intimidate or discourage"?

What is "daunt"?

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