People
Natives
Puritans
Vocab
Random
100

These first wave of settlers came to look for ways to make money 

European Settlers (Spanish Settlers)

100

The cause of death for many Native Americans when the settlers started arriving in America 

Diseases
100

The main reason the Puritans came to America 

Religious Freedom 

100

The author of a poem 

Writer

100

"A Journey Through Texas" is told from a point of view that only gives the reader one side

First-Person POV

200

This settler is known for performing the first surgery in America and has a unique nickname

Alvar Nunez Cabeza de Vaca

200

These 2 water animals in "Earth on the Turtle's Back" symbolize purity and innocence because of their color 

Swans 

200

"To My Dear and Loving Husband" has this type of tone 

Loving, caring, gentle

200

"If ever" repeated at the beginning of the first three lines in "To My Dear and Loving Husband"

Anaphora 

200

The spelling word that means "certainly" or "without a doubt"

(Spell it correctly for double points)

Definitely 
300

A Puritan woman who struggled with her relationship with God at times

Anne Bradstreet

300

"When Grizzles Walked Upright" takes place in this real life destination 

Mount Shasta 

300

A Puritan belief: God knew who would go to heaven and who would go to hell before they were born 

Predestination 
300

"But be careful not to stick your head out at the top. If you do, the wind may catch you by the hair and blow you away."

Foreshadow/Personification 

300

Creation Myths have this idea of order emerging from this messy factor

Chaos 

400

This tribe was relocated from Oregon and California to Oklahoma and created a story about the first Native Americans 

The Modoc Tribe

400

"A Journey Through Texas" is not just a story, but a specific kind of writing 

Additional 100 points

A diary entry or journal writing 

400

Puritan women weren't allowed to do many things, especially this one activity that, nowadays, women are allowed to do in certain churches 

Preach 

400

"We [settlers] feigned to be angry still, so to keep them [Indians] in suspense..." 

Fear Tactic 

400

A building that holds many members of the government and their meetings  

CapitOl

500

This tribe is from New York and wrote a story about water animals trying to save a woman 

The Onondaga Tribe

500

Mother Grizzly sent who to tell the Chief of the Sky Spirits about his daughter

The eldest grandson 

500

This Puritan woman has this prestigious recognition 

First Woman New World Poet

500

Repetition of ending lines in a poem or song 

Epistrophe 

500

The noun or noun phrase that a pronoun refers to 

Antecedent