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equator
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imaginary line / middle of earth /close to the equator-extremely hot climate
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climate
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The pattern of weather of a certain place over many years.
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precipitation
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rain, sleet, snow
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landform
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Any shape that makes up the surface of the Earth: mountains, valleys, plains, plateaus
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Plains
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flat lands
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region
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An area that shares the same features. What makes one area different
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desert
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A dry area that gets less than 10 inches of precipitation in a year. Pennsylvania doesn't have any desert areas.
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plateau
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A high, flat area of land that rises steeply around the surrounding land.
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non-renewable resource
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Limited resource. Used-up - It is gone forever. Examples: coal, oil, natural gas.
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renewable resource
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Can be replaced for later use. Examples: soil, forests, crops
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natural resource
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Something found in the environment that people can use. People show respect for our natural resources by recycling.
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*human resource
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What people do.
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colony
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A far-away place that is ruled by another country.
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trading post
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A kind of store set up near rivers where people come to trade or exchange goods.
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Colonial Pennsylvania
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The 1600's - Early Pennsylvania. The time period after William Penn's founding but before the Declaration of Independence in 1776.
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William Penn
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1644-1718 - Englishman / Quaker - started Pennsylvania Colony based on his Quaker beliefs. Holy Experiment was based on: freedom, equality, representation.
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Self-governing
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People who live in a place and make their own laws.
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Religious Freedom /
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Penn wanted all people to choose their religious beliefs.
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Great Law
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Created by William Penn to prevent people from being persecuted for their religious beliefs.
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Quakers / Society of Friends
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Christian religion. Believed in equality. Promotes peace on earth and equality. No wars or fights, "Golden Rule"
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Examples of equality that proved William Penn an independent thinker
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1. Allowed Native Americans to keep their own laws and religion. 2. Only Englishman that paid Native Americans for land, even though English law didn't make people pay Native Americans. 3. Recognized Native Americans as his equal.
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Lenni-Lenape / Woodland Indians/ Native Americans
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Native people of Pennsylvania before the Europeans. Food-gatherers, hunters, fishermen and farmers. They got food and shelter from forests, animals and rivers.
They also learned to grow crops so they didn't have to hunt so much. |
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The Walking Purchase
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An agreement between Penn's sons and Native Americans. The native Americans were cheated. **Marked end of friendly Native-American-colonists relationship.
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Constitution
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A document that guarantees freedom of religion, equality, and the right to representation.
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Declaration of Independence
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The document, written by Thomas Jefferson in Philadelphia in 1776, which declared that America was its own country, independent from England. Colonists did not recognize English king as their ruler.
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Europeans
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Early colonists were Dutch, German and English who learned to survive in America doing what the Native Americans taught them: growing crops and hunting wildlife.
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Map Skills
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Study map skills for this unit on Pennsylvania.
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