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56 Cards in this Set
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A promise to do something |
Pledge |
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Devotion or loyalty |
Allegiance |
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Writings |
Documents |
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Is freedom |
Liberty |
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We do not have to be afraid to say what we believe |
Freedom of speech |
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We can print things in books and newspapers for everyone to read and think about |
Freedom of the press |
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We can freely meet together in churches and other meetings |
Freedom of assembly |
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Go to any church, free to read the Bible for themselves and openly worship God |
Freedom of religion |
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The story of what happened in the life of a country of people |
History |
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A large mass of land |
Continent |
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People who study the earth |
Geographers |
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Largest bodies of water |
Oceans |
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The study of the earth surface |
Geography |
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Name given to Europe after America was discovered |
Old World |
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Name given to America |
New World |
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Name the seven continents |
Europe. Asia. Africa. Australia North America. South America. Antarctica |
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The one man who thought he knew what the surface of the Earth looked like |
Christopher Columbus |
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The merchant who had traveled east to China and had visited Khan (the ruler of China) |
Marco Polo |
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Italian sailor who discoveredAmerica in 1492 |
Christopher Columbus |
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The three ships used on Columbus's first voyage |
Nina Pinta Santa Maria |
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King g and queen of Spain who financed Columbia's voyage |
Ferdinand and Isabella |
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Name Columbus gave to the people of the New World because he thought he was in India |
Indians |
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Sea going Scandinavian people |
Vikings |
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Viking. Who was the first European to visit America |
Leif Ericson |
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Explored who claimed North MDRICA FKR England in1497 |
John Cabot |
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Explored who wE first to call AMERICA A NEW. WORLD |
America Vespucci |
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Portuguese explorer who was the first to sail around the top of Africa |
Vasco da Gama |
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Spanish explorer who claimed the Pacific Ocean for Spain and named it Great South Sea |
Vasco de Balboa |
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First European to explore the land that is now the United States; explored and named Flordia |
Ponce de Leon |
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Island in the west Indies where Columbus first landed |
San Salvador |
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Vikings name for America |
Vinland |
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The Aztec's ruler |
Montezuma |
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Set out to conquer Mexico or to win it by force |
Hernando Cortes |
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Indians felt like the Spaniards were |
White gods come to.visit them |
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Conquered Mexico |
Cortes and his men |
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After Cortes conquered Mexico it became a |
Spanish Colony |
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The French and English hoped to |
Find a sea route through America |
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Cartier did three important things for France |
1- opened a way for valuable fur trade between the French and the Indians 2- Made a lasting and valuable friendship between the French and the Indians 3- his explorations gave France claim to part of the New World |
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Clay pueblos |
Indian villages |
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Indian tribe that lived in Mexico |
Aztecs |
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Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs |
Hernando Cortes |
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French explorer who.hoped to find a waterway through North America to the Pacific Ocean |
Jacques Cartier |
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Spanish explorer who explored throughout the Southwest and discovered the GRAND CANYON |
Francisco dead Soto |
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Spanish explorer who discovered the MISSISSIPPI RIVER |
Hernando Dr Soto |
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English sea captains who raided Spanish boats |
Sea dogs |
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Famous sea dog |
Sir Francis drake |
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French h explorer who discovered Quebec |
Samuel Dr Champlain |
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Fabled cities which Coronado searched for but never found |
Seven Cities of Cibola |
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Area where Coronado discovered the GRAND Canyon |
Arizona |
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Greatest American River discovered by De Soto |
MISSISSIPPI River |
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First permanent European settlement in the United States, the first lasting Spanish settlement in the New World |
St Augustine |
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Name first given to Canada |
New France |
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First successful French settlement in the New World |
Quebec |
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Ruled England |
Queen Elizabeth I |
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3 powerful countries now claimed land in the New World |
England, Spain, and France |
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Who helped to found the first permanent French settlement in the New World? |
St. Augustine |