Big Ideas
Facts and Main Ideas
Vocabulary
Who came first?
Facts, People, Vocab
100
___________ lived in America before explorers came.
Who are the American Indians?
100
Corn, beans, berries, deer, fish and squash.
What was the food that American Indians ate?
100
A person who travels to find new places and things.
What is an explorer?
100
Identify who was first in America. Christopher Columbus or American Indians?
Who are the American Indians.
100
This is everything you can know about the past.
What is history?
200
__________ came after explorers from Europe. Settlers or Colonists
Who are the settlers?
200
Farming, hunting, fishing, building houses and other buildings are some examples of this.
What are two kinds of work the Plymouth colonists did?
200
This is a person who lives in a colony.
What is a colonist?
200
Who was the first explorer? Marco Polo or Christopher Columbus
Who was Marco Polo?
200
This is someone who is admired for great courage or for doing something important.
What is a hero?
300
In 1776, __________ said they wanted indepenence from England.
Who are the American colonist?
300
Benjamin Franklin and George Washington
Who were famous Americans from the American Revolution?
300
This is a small community started by people from another land.
What is a settlement?
300
Who was first in America? Thomas Jefferson or Christopher Columbus
Who was Thomas Jefferson? Christopher Columbus never made it to America!!
300
This means freedom fromt he rule of another nation.
What is independence?
400
This is what people call science making things work better.
What is technology?
400
Two of his inventions were light bulbs and sound recordings.
Who was Thomas Edison?
400
This is the sharing of ideas and information.
What is communication.
400
Who came first? Settlers from Europe or American Colonists
Who are settlers from Europe?
400
This is something new that someone makes or thinks of.
What is an invention?
500
This is a person who lives on a settlement.
Who are colonists?
500
Bicycles, trains and airplanes are all examples of this.
What is transportation.
500
This is how people and goods are moved.
What is transportation.
500
Who was first? Thomas Edison or Thomas Jefferson
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
500
This is one kind of colonist at Plymouth.
What is a Pilgrim?
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