Native America
Many Natives were destroyed during the initial arrival of European settlers by these two things
What is war and disease?
What religious group did the settlers of Jamestown belong to?
What is "Separatists"?
What caused the unrest in the mid-1760's American colonies?
What is "unfair taxation by the British"?
Why was oral tradition originally created?
What is "to pass on stories before the creation of written language"?
Which word means "to lessen in force, amount, or intensity"?
What is "abate"?
Native Americans believed who truly owned the land
What is no one
According to "Of Plymouth Plantation", which two Native Americans saved the colonists from starvation?
Who are "Squanto and Samoset"?
Why did Benjamin Franklin write "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin"?
What is "to provide a model of manhood for his son"?
What is the name of the formerly enslaved railroad worker who became a part of American frontier oral tradition?
Who is "John Henry"?
What word means "to strongly hate or detest"?
What is "abhor"?
What Native American song is about the cycle of life and death and reverence for nature?
What is "I Have Killed the Deer"?
How did Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca survive his shipwrecks in America?
What is "he lived with the Native tribes"?
What is a clever saying designed to teach a lesson or truth, such as those found in Poor Richard's Almanack?
What are the three reasons stories change over time?
Which word means "bound by a contract to work for someone for a set time"?
What is "indentured"?
What central metaphor did Dekanawida use to symbolize the law and government in "The Iroquois Constitution"?
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"?
What is "to convince his fellow colonists that they must fight"?
What is the definition of oral tradition?
What is "passing on stories by word of mouth"?
What word means "to reject with disdain or scorn"?
What is "spurn"?
In "How the World Was Made", why is Cherokee country so full of mountains?
What is "the Great Buzzard"?
How does Oladuah Equiano end his narrative?
What is "a direct address to end slavery"?
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"?
What is an archetype often seen in mythological oral traditions across the world?
What is "The Trickster"?
What word means "to intimidate or discourage"?
What is "daunt"?