Parts of a Map
SS Vocabulary
American Indians
Life in the Colonies
The American Revolution
100

I show many directions.  Salors gave me my name. 

What is compass rose

100

I am one of the factors that caused the dust bowl. 

What is drought. 

100

This animal was an important part of our life.  We ate the meat, and used every part of the animial in our everyday life. 

What is the buffalo. 

100

I would trade some of my corn for wheat. What am I? 

What is to barter. Since the colonists didn't have money they would trade one of the things they owned to get something else they neede. 

100

I was the comander in Chief of the Continental army.

Who is George Washington. 

200

I am round and represent the Earth.

What is a globe.

200

I am a first hand account of a person's life written by me. 

What is an autobiography. 

200

I am a belief or custom that is passed on from one generation to the next. 

What is a tradition.

200

My job was to grind wheat into flour, or corn into cornmeal. 

What is a miller. 

200

I disguised myself as a man because I wanted to serve in the Continental army during the American Revolution. 

Who is Deborah Sampson. 


300

I am an imaginary line around the center of the Earth. 

What is the equator.

300

I am a book written about your life written by someone else. 

What is a biography. 

300

I was believed to have special religious powers. 

What is a shaman. 

300

I made iron tools for in the fields and homes.  I also made horse shoes. 

What is a blacksmith. 

300

This was the first thing that upset all of the colonists. 

What is the stamp act. 

400

I show symbols used on a map. 

What is a Map legend.

400

I am the study of the Earth, it's land bodies of water, mountains.

What is geography. 

400

Customs and tradions were passed down through this. 

What is storytelling. 

400

Without me, the colonal homes would have been dark at night. 

What is a Chandler or Candlemaker. 

400

This act was passed and placed taxes on products that the colonists used every day such as glass, tea, lead, and anything paper. 

What are the Townshend Acts.

500

I show distance on a map. 

What is a scale. 

500

I am the ways of life that are repeated on a regular basis as part of a group's culture. 

What are cultures. 

500

In the American Indian tribe I am in charge of everyone. 

What is a chief.

500

I was in charge of keeping people healthy and making drugs for Dr's. 

What is an Apothecary.

500

I worked as a spy in the American Revolution ahd helped the Americans win a battle that could have changed the outcome for the colonists. 

Who is James Armistead. 

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