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Map Skills
Early Colonies
People
Water
Colony
Terms
100
This explains what the symbols on a map mean
What is a map legend or key
100
A person who travels to a place for religious reasons
What is a Pilgrim
100
Third President;He wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson
100
A place along a coastline where ships can dock safely
What is a harbor
100
Land set aside for Indians to live on
What is a reservation
200
A map that shows where people live or how many people live in different areas
What is a population map
200
The first permanent English settlement in the New World
What is Jamestown
200
People who come to another country to live
Who are immigrants
200
Streams or small rivers which flow into larger rivers or bodies of water
What are Tributaries
200
To be able to provide for one’s own needs
What is being Self-sufficient
300
The 4 main directions of a compass rose:N, E, S, & W
What are cardinal directions
300
The Indian who helped the Pilgrims survive by teaching them how to plant corn
Who is Squanto
300
The inventor of the cotton gin
Who is Eli Whitney
300
The place where a river empties into the ocean or another large body of water
What is a mouth
300
A special way a group of people does something
What is custom
400
Imaginary lines on a map or globe that measure the distance North or South from the Equator
What is latitude
400
The Pilgrim's settlement in Massachusetts
What is Plymoth
400
Member of the House of Burgesses, he spoke out against taxes. He said, “Give me liberty or give me death.”
Who is Patrick Henry
400
Part of an ocean, sea, or lake that cuts deeply into the land
What is a bay
400
The surrounding in which a person, plant, or animal lives
What is an environment
500
The line from which all other lines of longitude are measured
What is the Prime Meridian
500
The leader of the colony at Jamestown
Who is John Smith
500
American general who was defeated by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Big Horn
Who is General George Custer
500
A waterway for ships that is dug across the land
What is a canal
500
Using resources to meet people’s needs and wants
What is economy