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100
He fought against the French in the French and in the French and Indian War (the Seven Years' War).  

Who is Ben?  

100
"He strutted and pranced in ridiculous contortions, for all the world like a clown in a village fair"

What is a simile?  

100
Translate this word:  Nkweniss

What is grandson?  

100

In this region they hunt whales and made canoes from cedar trees. 

What is Northwest Coast?  

100

This is how the bees came to America.

What is the colonists brought them from England? 

200

Matt's father left him in the __________ woods to go to __________, __________ to get the rest of the family and bring them back.  

What is Maine?  

What is Quincy, Massachusetts?

200

"Then, with a whoop, they raced all together through the stockade gate down to the river and went leaping like frogs in the water."

What is onomatopoeia?  

200

Attean was responding to this when he said, "White man not smart like Indian.  Indian not need thing from ship.  Indian make all thing he need."

What is, the book Robinson Crusoe?  

200

In this region they made houses out of adobe clay and weaved beautiful baskets. 

Who are the southwest Indians?  

200

Name 2 reasons why Native Americans were no longer occupying the eastern woods in great numbers. 

What is smallpox and being treaties that stole their land?  
300

This is the reason that Saknis wanted Attean to learn to read.  

What is 'to be able to read the treaties they signed with the white man'?  

300

"Coming back through the woods he marveled at his own tracks, like the claw prints of a giant bird."

What is a simile?  

300

The word the Indians use for "spirit".

What is manitou?  

300
This is the region that Attean's fictional tribe belongs to.  They used animal to stay warm and they lived in longhouses or wigmams.  

Who are the Eastern Woodland Indians? 

300

This is the century that this story takes place.  

What is the 1700's or the 18th Century?  

400

This is the reason that Matt regretted making the crib for the baby.  

What is 'because the baby had died of typhus'?

400

"Thinking of his father, he felt that snake of worry crawling about behind every other thought."

What is a metaphor?  

400

Translate this word:  Medabe

What is 'white brother'? 
400

These Indians lived on flat land and moved around a lot following the buffalo herds.  

Who are the Plains Indians?  

400

This is "the finest thing his father had ever possessed."

What is his watch?  

500

This is the gift that Attean gives Matt.  

What is his dog?  

500

"a shadow that would not show itself"

What is personification?  

500

Translate:  Piz Wat

What is "good for nothing"? 
500

Choose a word that would describe all the regions of Indians in the US.  

What is diverse?  

500
Matt made this gift for his sister Sarah.  

What is a cornhusk doll?