The History of Early America
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- Each tribe thought of itself as a seperate country.
- True
- The first Americans knew all about the Bible.
- False
- teepee
- a Plains Indian tent made by stretching buffalo skins over poles
- Indians always had horses
- False
- Name 4 games Indians played
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snowsnake
"which moccasin is it in"
games of skill
home made toys - Name 4 types of Indian dwellings.
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lodge
teepee
hogan
pueblo - Name the two ways most Indians traveled before the Europeans came.
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water
walking - Sequoyah
- Cherokee who developed the only Indian alphabet
- What was the greatest change in the Indians way of life?
- the gospel
- bullboat
- a Plains Indian boat made by stretching buffalo skins over a round frame
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Name 4 Missionaries to the
Indians -
John Elliot
John Wesley
David Brainerd
Roger Williams - syllabary
- the name given to the Cherokee alphabet
- John Elliot
- translated the Bible into the Indian language
- John Wesley
- famous preacher from England who preached to the Indians
- Roger Williams
- a preacher who bought land from Indians instead of stealing it
- David Brainerd
- the brillant scholar who gave his life to bring the gospel to the Indians
- Jim Thorpe
- great Indian athlete