| A | B |
|---|
| John Cabot | 1st modern explorer to reach N. Am. mainland |
| Sequoya | invented syllabary |
| Roger Williams | founded Rhode Is. & 1st Baptist church in Am. |
| John Eliot | "Apostle to the Indians" |
| Joseph Brant | translated Scriptures into Mohawk language |
| David Brainard | famous missionary to the Indians |
| Henry Hudson | discovered the world's largest bay |
| Jacques Cartier | opened way for trade between French & Indians |
| prairie | plain or hilly region covered by grasses |
| trees | plants least likely to grow on a prairie |
| bison | most important animal to the plains Indians |
| prairie dog | ground squirrel that shaped surface of the prairie |
| bison | largest land animal in W. hemisphere |
| Aztecs | most famous indians to settle in Mexico |
| Maya | Indians of Central Am. with advanced civilization |
| Incas | most famous S. Am. indians |
| Iroquois | made up League of Five Nations |
| Seminole | predominant Indian tribe in Florida |
| Wampanoag | Indians that joined Pilgrims for the first Thanksgiving |
| Inuit | people of Greenland & Arctic region |
| Blackfoot | named for the color of their moccasins |
| Chippewas | Indians of the Dakota tribe |
| tepees | where most Plains Indians lived |
| Battle of Little Big Horn | place Sioux defeated General Custer |
| Missouri River | chief tributary of the Mississippi River |
| Gulf of Mexico | world's largest gulf |
| Black Hills | location of Mount Rushmore |
| Gulf Stream | current beginning in Gulf of Mexico |
| Mississippi River | longest river in the United States |
| Badlands | irregular cliffs & colored hills |
