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Hartcourt social studies Oklahoma
chapter 6
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History
3rd Grade
02/15/2011

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language
Definition
set of words to communicate
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oral history
Definition
spoken storied native americans tought to help younger members learn about their history
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shelter
Definition
home or other building that protects people from the weather
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2 ways of life for native americans
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hunting communities and farming communities
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hunting communities
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lived on great plains and hunted buffalor to use for food, tools, clothes and shelter
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farming communities
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native american groups who grew food, corns beans and squash. did not travel.
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how native americans got food
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hunting animals or growing crops
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native americans
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formed first communities in north america
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Natural Resources used by Native Americans
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Animals, land, water, crops, wood
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kiowa
Definition
native americans that lived in oklahoma
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explorer
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A person who goes to find out about a place
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Columbus
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found north america
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religion
Definition
belief system of people
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claim
Definition
when you say something belongs to you
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settlement
Definition
a new community.
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european explorers
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followed columbus to America
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Ponce de Leon
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Discovered Florida
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Spain
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claimed most of south american and the souther part of north america.
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fur trading
Definition
Did most along with Mississippi River. Named this ST. Louis.
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St Louis
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become largest river port in the nation
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Jamestown
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settlement in Virginia for 105 settlers from england.
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John Smith
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leader of Jamestown
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how settlers ate
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traded with native americans for food.
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Tobacco fields
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Started these in Jamestown and brought in African Slaves to work.
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why did english settlers come to North America
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for riches, religican, or a new way of life.
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pocahontas
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daughter of chief powhatan who lived near jamestown.
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Wapanoag
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first people to live at Plymouth
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Mayflower
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Carried pilgrams from england to north ameirca.
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why pilgrams moved to north america
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freedom of religion
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mayflower compact
Definition
agreement to obey by their fair laws.
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why did europeans build communities in n america?
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riches, religion
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settler
Definition
settles down to form a community
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freedom
Definition
right to make your own choices
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colony
Definition
settlement rules by a country that is far away.
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tax
Definition
money people pay to the government
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boston tea party
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people dumped tea in the harbor so they wouldn't pay taxes.
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revolutionary war
Definition
fighting between colonists and britian
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independence
Definition
freedom from another country's control
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declaration of independence
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says all people hae the right to freedom.
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who wrote declaration of independence?
Definition
john adams, benjamin franklin, thomas jefferson
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year of revolutionary war
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1775
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who won revolutionary war
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amerians
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constitution
Definition
set of laws that tells how a government will work
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patriotism
Definition
feeling of pride in one's country
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President
Definition
Leader of a country
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George Washington
Definition
American's first President
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Who fought for our freedom?
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American Colonists
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What document did the leaders of the US write to form new coverment
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Declaration of Independence
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Louisiana Purchase
Definition
President Jefferson bought Louisiana area from french.
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who explored the louisiana purchase land?
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lewis and clark
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pioneers
Definition
people who settle lands
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reasons pioneers moved
Definition
land for farming, new jobs
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civil war
Definition
northern states versus southern states
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Biggest reason for civil war
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slavery
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northern states
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unions
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southern states
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confederates
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territory
Definition
land that belongs to coverment
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Who free'd slaves
Definition
Abraham Lincoln
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Emancipation Proclamation
Definition
Document written by President Lincoln free'ing slaves
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amendment
Definition
change to something that is already written.
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immigrants
Definition
come to live in a country from somewhere else in the world.
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How did united states grow and change?
Definition
railroad connected east and west coast for more settlement and trade.
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