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21 Cards in this Set
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What is the waterway that separates Asia from North America?
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The Bering Strait
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What continent did the first inhabitants of North America come from?
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Asia
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What is a person who moves often in search of food called?
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Nomad
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The practice of planting crops such as corn and squash is called __________.
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Agriculture
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A system of making rules and decisions for a group is called a _____________.
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Government
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The first explorers came from the continent of __________.
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Europe
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The three language groups spoken by the native americans in Virginia were _________, __________, and __________.
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Algonquian, Siouan, and Iroquoian
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The _____________ language was spoken in the Valley and Ridge region.
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Iroquoian
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The ____________ language was spoken in the Tidewater.
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Algonquian
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The ____________ language was spoken in the Peidmont.
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Siouan
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The "chief-of-the-chiefs" of thirty Algonquian-speaking tribes:
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Chief Powhatan
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The spread of an illness that affects many people is called an ___________.
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Epidemic
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The Powhatan indians lived in what region?
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Tidewater
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To search for food is to ___________.
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Forage
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In the year 1492, this explorer discovered the land that is now North America and South America.
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Christopher Columbus
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Christopher Columbus was an explorer for what country?
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Spain
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The European explorers were looking for a __________ __________, which is a shortcut to Asia.
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Northwest Passage
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This man may have been the first explorer to sail around the waters near Virginia.
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Giovanni da Verrazano
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This is the name that the Spanish gave to the American Indian boy who they had kidnapped.
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Don Louis
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A religious settlement is called a ___________.
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Mission
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The Spanish brought Don Louis back to Virginia with them hoping that he would be an ______________ to translate the Spanish language to Algonquian.
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Interpreter
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