Vocabulary
Thirteen Colonies
American native cultures and tribes
Lifestyle in the Thirteen Colonies
Lifestyle in American cultures and tribes
100

A settlement in a new area; in this case, in North America.

A colony

100

Virginia and Georgia belonged to this colonial region.

Southern Colonies

100

People in this civilization were considered the first ones in North America to settle down in small villages during the Early Woodland Period.

The Adena culture

100

They soon became known as the "Bread Basket Colonies" because of the high-quality crops.

Middle colonies

100

This civilization just disappeared between 1275 and 1300. Some conspiracy theories believe that they had a close relationship with UFOs. 

The Anasazi

200

Communal above-ground buildings that belong to Anasazi families or entire clans.

Kivas

200

Name at least 3 cash crops grown in the Southern Colonies

Tobacco, rice, cotton, and indigo.

200

Their name is derived from a Creek word meaning “people of different speech”

The Cherokee tribe

200

 In these colonies, education in schools was very strict, children were often hit for punishment by teachers and the main subject was reading.

New England colonies

200

Instead of using horses, they used dogs which helped them carry their belongings.

The Navajos 

300

Earth houses that were built by Navajo Indians

Hogans

300

If we look at the current American flag, these colonies are represented in

The thirteen stripes

300

They developed the most significant and successful military code of the time, which saved the lives of countless American soldiers.

The Navajo Indians

300

Many people from these colonies didn't bring their families with them from England and they wanted to practice their own religion or to make money.

Middle colonies

300

This tribe divided power between men and women: Men made political decisions meanwhile women made social decisions.

The Cherokee tribe

400

Someone that was hired to watch slaves as they worked; we could find this in Southern colonies.

An overseer

400

These colonies were considered within the New England region 

Rhode Island

Connecticut

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

400

They built large earthen pyramids over platform mounds. They were the only ones who got these pyramids which were similar to the ones found in Mexico.

The Mississippian culture.

400

Mention what type of economic system was used in New England colonies and one of the main economic activities developed there.

People used a barter system instead of money and the main economic activities were fishing, whaling, and shipbuilding.

400

They usually lived in circular villages and subsisted by hunting, fishing, and gathering wild plant foods. 

The Adena culture

500

An official paper that allowed settlers to have permission from the King of England to start colonies in America.

A Charter 

500

These people lived in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania and strongly believed everyone was equal (their girls used to attend college).

The Quakers

500

This refers to the difficult journeys that the Cherokee and other four tribes took during their forced removal from the southeast during the 1830s and 1840s.

The Trail of Tears

500

Describe the workforce used in Southern colonies within their plantation fields.

Slavery was legal

Children born to enslaved people became slaves themselves

Enslaved people were often abused or beaten by overseers.

500

As Cherokees settled primarily in Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee, what region had contacted them first as friends and then as foes? 

The Southern colonies