Test 4 Flashcards
This is the name of the founder of Rhode Island and the first Baptist church in America
Roger Williams
This man brought the gospel to the Native Americans until he died at the age of 29 from tuberculosis.
David Brainerd
This man invented a written language for the Cherokeees
Sequoya
This man translated portions of the Scriptures into the Mohawk language
Joseph Brant
This man’s translation of the Scriptures into the language of the Native Americans was the first Bible printed in America
John Eliot
This is the world’s largest bay
Hudson
This man’s search for the Northeast Passage gave France a claim to Canada.
Jacques Cartier
This man was the first explorer int he modern times to reach the North American mainland.
John Cabot
The Native Americans of the Dakota tribe were called
Sioux
Most of the Plains’ Native Americans lived in this type of housing
Tepees
This is the largest land animal in the Western Hemisphere
Bison
This is the name of a ground squirrel that lived in vast underground “towns” stretching over the prairie.
Prairie dog
This was the most important animal to the Native Americans of the plains
Bison
The plants that are least likely to grow on a prairie are
Trees
Prairies experience _______________ weather conditions than other areas
More extreme
This is the term for a plain or hilly region within the temperate one that is covered by grasses
Prairie