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The fourth largest country in the world

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The U.S.

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Name the 3 regions the U.S. is divided into

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Eastern US,Middle US,and Western US.

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Most prominent landform in eastern North America (hint: system of low mountain ranges)

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Appalachian Mountains

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How many chief ranges are there? And can you also name at least 1?

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7, and Green Mountains/White Mountains/Catskills/Adirondacks/Alleghenies/Blue Ridge Mountains/Cumberland Mountains

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Appalachian region is sometimes referred to as..

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Appalachia

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Another Appalachian range,named for it’s smoky-looking haze

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Great Smoky Mountains

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What is a gap? (In cases of landforms)

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A narrow passageway between mountains

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Largest known underground cave system

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Mammoth Cave

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Has some of the most extensive deciduous forests in the world

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Appalachian range

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What does Piedmontese mean?

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At the foot of the mountains

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What is a fall line?

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An abrupt drop of land where rivers can turn into waterfalls

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East and south of the Piedmont lie the broad coastal lowlands,the Atlantic Coastal Plain and…

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The Gulf Coastal Plain

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A region of the coastal plain named for the tides of the Atlantic Ocean that flow miles inland (hint: ‘region’)

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Tidewater Region

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The world’s second largest body of water

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Atlantic Ocean

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The Atlantic Ocean is also the 2nd saltiest ocean (T or F and why)

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False,it’s the saltiest

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What is one difference between the Atlantic and the Pacific?

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The Atlantic had few islands

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What’s another word for trade?

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Commerce

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Name some of the world’s busiest industrial regions

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Europe and North America

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Why is the Atlantic the most important ocean for trade?

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Because it’s between Europe and North America

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Oceans and seas cover up what percent of the world?

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70%

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Why does the Atlantic have fishing restrictions?

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Because it was heavily fished

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What was wampum made from?

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The shells of quahog

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The wild turkey has always been domesticated (T or F and why)

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False,only long ago was it domesticated

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Who recommended the wild turkey to be the national bird?

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Benjamin Franklin

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What bird was chosen instead of the wild turkey?

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Bald eagle

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What is dear meat called?

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Venison

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What does the White-tailed deer do when it sees danger?

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It raises its tail like a warning flag,showing the white underneath to warn others.

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What are fawns?

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Baby deer

29
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Another name for American elk

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Wapiti

30
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One of biggest mammals in the Eastern Woodlands

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Black Bear

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What did the members of some tribes use to make their hair shine more?

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Bear grease

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One of the earliest American cultures,also known for their large burial mounds

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Hopewell Indians

33
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Name 2 tribes from the Iroquois League of Five Nations

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Onondaga / Oneida / Seneca / Mohawk /Cayuga

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Iroquois Leavue of Five Nations formed the largest Indian group in eastern U.S. (T or F and why)

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True

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The Iroquois League of Five Nations formed the largest Indian group in eastern U.S. (T or F and why)

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True

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The Iroquois lived in what kind of homes?

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Long houses

37
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What does Mohawk mean?

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Man-eaters

38
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Were the Mohawk actually cannibals?

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No!

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Who gave the Mohawks their name?

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Enemy tribes

40
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Joseph Brant was a famous Christian,chief,and Cree Indian (T or F and why)

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False,he was a Mohawk

41
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Cherokees were part of the league (T or F and why)

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False,they weren’t

42
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The Cherokees lived in wigwams for many years (T or F and why)

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True

43
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What does Shawnee mean?

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Southerners

44
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Which tribe’s name meant runaway?

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Seminoles

45
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Which tribe’s name meant runaway?

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Seminole

46
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The Seminole tribe was only made up of Indians (T or F and why)

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False,it had both Indian and black

47
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Where did the seminoles live?

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The Everglades

48
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What important role did the Wampanoag tribe play in?

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They shared the first thanksgiving dinner with the pilgrims

49
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Who was Samoset?

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An indian who’d learnt English,and had welcomed the pilgrims. He also introduced them to Massasoit.

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I’m a Wampanoag chief who signed a treaty promising not to hurt the pilgrims who am I?

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Massasoit

51
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Which tribe kept a pictorial chronicle of their history and traditions?

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Delaware tribe

52
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Who taught the “praying Indians” about Jesus?

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John Eliot

53
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Who was the missionary on horseback who died from tuberculosis at 29,who also had an Indian interpreter? (Hint: last name had something to do with smart)

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David Brainerd

54
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Who was David Brainerd’s interpreter?

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Tattamy

55
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Who wrote the first completed Bible to be printed in America?

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David Brainerd

56
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Apostle to the Indians

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John Eliot

57
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A Swedish Lutheran missionary who travelled to New Sweden

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John Campanius

58
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I founded America’s first baptist church, AND Rhode Island (hint: like the state he founded,his name starts with an ‘R’)

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Roger Williams

59
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A famous Mohawk chief,helped translate parts of the Bible and the Anglican prayer book into the Mohawk language. (Hint: the colonists nicknamed him Monster B____ )

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Joseph Brant

60
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Shawnee chief whose name meant “shooting star”. He fought to keep all white men out of Indian territory.

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Tecumseh

61
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Who was the Cherokee who invented a written language for his tribe?

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Sequoya

62
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What was Sequoya’s system called?

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A syllabary

63
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What did Sequoya first try writing in?

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Pictographs

64
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In California,the large redwood trees were named after Sequoya,but were they spelled the same as his name? If not,how were they spelled?

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No, they were spelled as ‘ s e q u o i a s ‘

65
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Which tribe is now the largest in the U.S. ?

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Cherokee tribe

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