Ch 4: Eastern US Flashcards
What plateau lies between the Appalachians and the coastal plain?
Piedmont Plateau
What is Mammoth Cave’s main distinction?
It is the largest known underground cave system in the world.
What is the most prominent landform in the eastern US?
Appalachian Mountains
Name the 7 chief ranges of the Appalachians.
Green Mountains, White Mountains, Catskills, Adirondacks, Alleghenies, Blue Ridge Mountains, Cumberland Mountains
What is the area whose rivers and streams are affected by the Atlantic’s tides west of the Chesapeake Bay?
Tidewater Region
What is the second largest body of water on earth?
Atlantic Ocean
Why has the fishing industry in the Atlantic declined?
Overfishing
Give 5 facts about the Atlantic Ocean.
1) world’s second largest body of water
2) it is the saltiest ocean
3) most important ocean for commerce
4) more closely studied than any other ocean
5) borders Europe and Africa to the east and North and South America to the west
What was one of the earliest cultures in the eastern and central US? What large structures did the people build?
Hopewell Indians
They built burial mounds
Name the nations of the Iroquois League of Five Nations, the largest Indian group in the eastern US.
Oneida, Onondaga, Mohawk, Cayuga, Seneca
Which tribe’s name meant “southerners”?
Shawnee
The tribe of runaway slaves and other Indians living in the Everglades was called what?
Seminole
What tribe helped the Pilgrims to survive?
Wampanoag
Who introduced the Pilgrims to Chief Massasoit?
Dampest
What “Apostle to the Indians” translated the first complete Bible to be printed in America? What nickname was given to the people for whom he organized villages?
John Eliot
His followers were known as praying Indians.
What Swedish Lutheran missionary ministered to the Native Americans around his home?
John Campanius
Who founded America’s first Baptist church? Where did he minister?
Roger Williams
Narragansett in what is now known as Rhode Island
What young missionary traveled on horseback, despite pain from his illness, to share the gospel with the Indians? Who was his interpreter?
David Brainerd
His interpreter was Tattamy
What Native American chief helped to translate parts of the Bible into the Mohawk language?
Joseph Brant
Who was the Shawnee chief who fought to keep the European settlers out of Indian territory?
Tecumseh
Who invented a written language for the Cherokee?
Sequoya
What was Sequoya’s system of syllable symbols called?
A syllabary
What is wampum? How was it used?
Beads made of quahog shells that were used as gifts, tokens of friendship, or money
What is another term for the animal known as wapiti?
Elk
How did the American Indians use the black bear?
Eat the meat, use the skins for robes or blankets, use bear grease to make their hair shine more
What large and powerful Indian nation lived in Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama?
Creeks
What civilized Indian tribe kept a pictorial chronicle of their history and traditions?
Delaware
What is the fourth largest country in the world?
United States
What bird did Benjamin Franklin recommend as the national bird?
Wild turkey
Why did Indians often rely on white-tailed deer?
They used the meat (venison) for food, and the hides for clothing and shelter.
