Vocabulary Part I
What do you call everything we know about the past?
History
What is another word for a trip?
Journey
Who was the first African American baseball player in the National League?
Jackie Robinson
What was it called when settlers were angry about the tax on tea and threw a shipment of English tea into the ocean?
Boston Tea Party
What do you call any way of sharing information?
Communication
What do you call a person who travels to find out new things?
Explorer
What do you call someone who does something brave for the good of others or works hard to help others?
Hero
Who is a famous scientist who explained how light works and changed ideas in science about time and space?
Albert Einstein
WHY did the colonists in America NOT want to be ruled by Great Britain?
They did not think they were being ruled fairly, unfair taxes, etc.
In 1776, the American postal system used WHAT to carry mail between post offices?
Stagecoaches
What do you call something new that someone makes or thinks of?
Invention
What do you call using science to make things work better?
Technology
Who was a leader of the Lakota nation who was known for being powerful, brave, and wise?
Sitting Bull
What document did the people from the thirteen colonies create that told that they were (wanted to be) independent?
The Declaration of Independence
Who invented the first telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
What do you call a small community built by settlers?
Settlement
What do you call a person who lives in a colony?
Colonist
Who was a famous inventor who produced more than a thousand inventions, including the electric light bulb and sound recordings?
Thomas Edison
How did the colonists officially gain their independence?
They won the Revolutionary War.
In 1844, Samuel Morse invented what system of sending messages along wires?
Telegraph (will also accept Morse code)
What do you call being free from rule by another nation?
Independence
What do you call a place that is ruled by another country?
Colony
Name a leader who helped the United States gain independence.
Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Abigail Adams, Samuel Adams, Paul Revere, etc.
What happened when Great Britain would not allow the colonists to be independent?
The Revolutionary War began.
Name the two colonies we learned about.
Jamestown and Plymouth