Chapter 3: The First Americans

Front 1

tent made by stretching animal skins over poles

Back 1

Tepee

Front 2

boat made by stretching buffalo skins over a round frame

Back 2

Bullboat

Front 3

syllabary

Back 3

the Cherokee alphabet

Front 4

name Columbus gave to the people of the New World because he thought he was in India; often called American Indians or Native Americans

Back 4

Indians

Front 5

missionary who translated the Bible into the language of the Massachusetts Indians

Back 5

John Eliot

Front 6

missionary who made friends with the Indians by treating them fairly

Back 6

Roger Williams

Front 7

young missionary who gave his life to take the gospel to the Indians

Back 7

David Brainerd

Front 8

famous preacher from England who preached to the Indians

Back 8

John Wesley

Front 9

Cherokee who developed the only known Indian alphabet of his time

Back 9

Sequoya

Front 10

Native American who, in 1950, was voted the greatest athlete of the 20th century

Back 10

Jim Thorpe

Front 11

True or False

The original Americans never called themselves "Indians" before Columbus came

Back 11

True

Front 12

Did the Native American have a name for themselves as a whole or just a name for each group?

Back 12

Just a name for each group.

Front 13

Why did they not have a name for themselves as a whole?

Back 13

Each tribe thought of itself as a separate nation and they were different from others in many ways.

Front 14

List 6 types of Native American homes

Back 14

1. Wichita Indian lodges

2. Indian cliff dwellings

3. Lodge of earth and wood

4. Pueblo dwelling

5. tepee

6 hogan

Front 15

How did Native Americans travel before the Europeans came?

Back 15

For most tribes, water was the best way to travel.

Front 16

What were some of the types of boats used by Native Americans?

Back 16

1. birch bark canoes

2. canoes dug out of tree trunks

3. bullboats

Front 17

True or False

Native Americans of all ages loved playing games.

Back 17

True

Front 18

What were the little girls dolls made from?

Back 18

corn husks and other dried plants

Front 19

What were some of the toys for boys and what did they pretend to be?

Back 19

Boys played with bows and arrows. They pretended to be hunters.

Front 20

What were some other games that the kids played?

Back 20

1. fishing

2. swimming

3. target practice

4. canoe racing

5. foot racing

Front 21

What was a game that they adults like to play?

Back 21

Which hand or which moccasin is it in

Front 22

Indians who lived in the north played what winter game?

Back 22

Snowsnake

Front 23

How did the Native American's way of life change when white men began to settle in America?

Back 23

1. They began to trade items

2. Some tribes stopped making pottery and baskets

3. They began making clothes instead of wearing animal skins

4. They started wearing colorful beads instead of bones and shells

5. They replaced their bows & arrows with guns & knives

Front 24

True or false

As white men built more homes and killed more animals, there was less meat for Indians to eat so they had to become farmers in order to have enough food to eat.

Back 24

True

Front 25

What animal changed the Native American's way of life?

Back 25

Horses

Front 26

In the 1800's what type of homes did the Native Americans start building?

Back 26

Log Cabins

Front 27

True or false

Before European settlers came the Native Americans worshiped many gods.

Back 27

True

Front 28

True or False

Some of the white men forced the Native Americans to be baptized without teaching them about salvation.

Back 28

True

Front 29

How may years did it take John Eliot to translate the Bible in to the language of the Native Americans?

Back 29

nearly 30 years

Front 30

True or False

John Eliot's bible was one of the first books printed in America and helped many Native American's learn to read.

Back 30

True

Front 31

Which European spoke up when people tried to sell Native Americans as slaves?

Back 31

John Eliot

Front 32

This settler's hard work and poor living conditions caused him to die at the age of 29

Back 32

David Brainerd

Front 33

He was one of the most famous preachers of this day.

Back 33

John Wesley

Front 34

Where did Sequoya live?

Back 34

North Carolina

Front 35

How did most tribes write before they had an alphabet?

Back 35

In pictures

Front 36

How many symbols did Sequoya's alphabet have?

Back 36

86

Front 37

What did each symbol stand for?

Back 37

A sound in the Cherokee language

Front 38

Where was Jim Thorpe from?

Back 38

Oklahoma

Front 39

Who was Jim Thorpe's great-great-grandfather?

Back 39

the Indian chief Black Hawk

Front 40

What sports did Jim Thorpe play

Back 40

1. baseball (he was the pitcher)

2. track & field

3. football

Front 41

True or False

Jim Thorpe competed in the 1912 Olympics and brought home 2 gold medals

Back 41

True

Front 42

What caused the greatest change in the Indian's way of life?

Back 42

The European settlers and their teaching of the Bible.

Front 43

Name 4 missionaries who took the gospel to the Native Americans

Back 43

1. John Eliot

2. Roger Williams

3. David Brainerd

4. John Wesley