6Th Grade History Chapter 4

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List the 4 land areas of the Eastern US coasts and mountains

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The Eastern Forest
The Appalachian Mountains
The Piedmont
Coastal Plains

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The Appalachian Mountains

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most prominent landform in eastern US - with low mountain ranges

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Green Mountains

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Vermont

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White Mountains

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New Hampshire and Maine

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Catskills and Adirondacks

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New York

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Gaps

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narrow passageways between mountains

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Cumberland Gap

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pioneer families passed this on the way to the west

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Mammoth Cave

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largest known underground cave system

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Piedmont means

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at the foot of the mountain

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fall line cities

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Washington, DC
Richmond, Virginia
Raleigh, NC

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Tidewater region

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tides flow inland, follows river up the plains

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New England - not many crops but have

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fishing, shipping industries

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Gulf Coastal Plain extends from

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along Gulf of Mexico, tip of Florida to Mexico

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2nd largest body of water in the world

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Atlantic Ocean

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saltiest ocean

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Atlantic Ocean

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Ocean without boundaries

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Atlantic Ocean

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4 Oceans

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Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, and Pacific

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Atlantic Ocean's temperature

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80 degrees F at the equator to 28 degrees F near the Arctic Ocean and Antarctica

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Quahog

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type of hard-shelled clam used to make beads

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Wampum

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strung beads, given as gifts, tokens of friendships or money

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Wild Turkey

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used to be a domesticated animal
Benjamin Franklin suggested it to be the national bird

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Bald Eagle

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USA national bird

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Venison

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Indians used for food, clothing and shelter

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Wapiti

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American elk; used for food, clothing decorations and tools

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Black Bear

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one of biggest mammals in eastern woodlands of US

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Hopewell Indians

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built large mounds to bury dead and for worship of false gods

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5 Iroquois tribes that formed the Iroquois League of Nations

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Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca

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Iroquois lived in

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long houses

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Mohawks

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man-eaters
fierce fighters

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Cherokees

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friendly to white man
lived in wigwams

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Shawnee

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southerners

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Seminoles

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run-away; in Florida

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Seminoles

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hunted and fished; live in houses with thatched roofs; Everglades;
wore bright colored clothing

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Wampanoag

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where Indians met Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock;Indians invited to 1st Thanksgiving

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Samoset

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from Maine; learned English from fishermen; introduced Pilgrims to Massasoit

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Massasoit

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Wampanoag chief; signed treaty with Pilgrims

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Delaware Tribe

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made pictorial chronicle of their history

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John Eliot - apostle to the Indians

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praying Indians; persecuted in uprising

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John Campanius

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Swedish Lutheran missionary

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Roger Williams

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founder of Rhode Island
founded America's 1st Baptist Church

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David Brainerd

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missionary on horseback; missionary in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; died at 29

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Joseph Brant

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famous Mohawk chief ; called "Monster Brant"

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Tecumseh

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"shooting star" ; fought to keep white man out of Indian territory
died in War of 1812

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Sequoya

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invented Cherokee written language

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Sequoya's symbols were called

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syllabary

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Large redwood trees in California named after Sequoya

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Sequoias