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Name that vocab word: a place where someone lives.
Shelter
Name that vocab word: a person who travels to a new place to learn about it.
Explorer
Name that vocab word:a place that is settled by people from another country.
Colony
Name that vocab word: a person who lives in a colony.
Colonist
Name that vocab word:To be free from other people and/or places.
Independence
Name that vocab word: A person who goes first and prepares the ways for others. (Think West)
Pioneers
Name that vocab word: Something that is done a certain way for many many years.
Tradition
Name that Native American tribe:
These Native Americans lived on grassy plains. They hunted buffalo for making food, clothing, and shelter. They lived in shelters called teepees. They walked and rode horses to travel.
The Sioux
Name that Native American tribe:
This Native American tribe lived in the dry desert of the Southwest. There were few wild plants to gather or animals to hunt for food so some farmed. They ate corn, beans, and squash. They lived in villages of stone home called adobe homes.
Pueblo Tribe
Name that Native American tribe:
This Native American tribe lived along the Atlantic Coast. The men fished and hunted. They made canoes from trees. The women gathered and grew food. They ate foods such as deer, fish, nuts, berries and corn. They lived in houses called longhouses. Pocahontas was a member of this tribe.
The Powhatan Tribe
Who helped the Pilgrims at Plymouth? He showed the pilgrims where to fish and hunt and how to plant.
Squanto
From what country did the colonists want their independence from?
England
Lewis and Clark were famous ______________.
Explorers or Pioneers
What kind of transportation did the pioneers travel west in?
Covered Wagons
Name 3 different traditions families have on Thanksgiving.
Answers may include:
1. Eating turkey
2. Playing a family game (such as football)
3. Watching the parade
4. Big family gathering
True or False: St. Augustine was a Spanish colony.
True
True or False:Native Americans used natural resources to build shelters.
True
True or False:All Native American groups lived on the plains.
False
True or false: Life was easy for the Jamestown colonists.
False
Name this person: He rode from Boston to Lexington to warn others that the British were coming.
Paul Revere
Name that person: The first African American to play in modern Major League Baseball. He played for the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Jackie Robinson
Name this person: She escaped slavery and helped many other slaves escape to freedom as well.
Harriet Tubman
Name this person: She helped Lewis and Clark explore.
Sacagawea
Name this person: He helped the Jamestown colonists become better workers.
John Smith
What do we celebrate on Independence Day?
Independence Day is the holiday that honors our country's birthday. On Independence Day, we celebrate our country's freedom.