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New World

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Used pictographsDelaware
Manitou is a great god in this legendWalum Olum
Believed corn was crucial to creationNavajo
This group of Natives united 5 tribesIroquois
System of fundamental laws governing a societyConstitution
An implied comparison between two dissimilar thingsMetaphor
Process of passing on sayings, songs and talesOral Tradition
A diary of someone's day by day eventsJournal
Wrote about an island he called "Colba", now known as CubaColumbus
Wrote a journal about his expedition in Northern FloridaDe Vaca
Journal is about his quest for goldCoronado
A factual account of the development of a people, nation, institution, or cultureHistory
Founded JamestownJohn Smith
Captured by Native Americans but saved by PocahontasJohn Smith
What John Smith wroteGeneral History of Virginia
In this reading, 300 bowmen killed 2 settlersGeneral History of Virginia
Wrote an account of the Pilgrims voyage to the New WorldWilliam Bradford
Ship that brought first Pilgrims to New WorldMayflower
Governor who was re-elected 30 timesWilliam Bradford
Mode of discourse that relates to a storyNarration
Mode of discourse that presents details that appeal to the sensesDescription
Mode of discourse used to explainExposition
Mode of discourse attempts to convince someonePersuasion
In this story, Squanto taught settlers to grow corn and to fishOf Plymouth Plantation
A Puritan poet whose house burned downAnne Bradstreet
Religious group that preached to live simple and straightforwardPuritan
The "feeling" of a wordConnotation
An elaborate comparison between two different subjectsConceit
Puritan author who wrote a persuasive speechJonathan Edwards
Title of a famous Puritan sermonSinners in the Hands of an Angry God
Puritan writer wrote about the Salem Witch TrialsCotton Mather
"Upon the Burning of Our House"Anne Bradstreet
Wrote as a young child to please her fatherAnne Bradstreet
Husband belonged to the Massachusetts Bay CompanyAnne Bradstreet
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"Jonathan Edwards
When he spoke the audience rose to their feetJonathan Edwards
"From the Houses of Magic"Pima
"The Wolam Olum"Delaware
"Huswifery"Edward Taylor
"Of Plymouth Plantation"William Bradford
Made houses of saplings bent into domesPima
Tribes that settled in the NortheastDelaware/Iroquois
Exiled to New World because he wouldn't talk to the Church of EnglandEdward Taylor
Believed in predestination (God already selected those He will save)Edward Taylor
Wrote in an ornate style that wouldn't have been accepted by the PuritansEdward Taylor
Wrote the Mayflower CompactWilliam Bradford
"The Navajo Origin Legend"Navajo
Spanish introduced domestic animals to this tribeNavajo
"The General History of Virginia"John Smith
Journalistic style seeks objectivityJohn Smith
Map makerJohn Smith
Exaggerated events; EmbellishedJohn Smith/Christopher Columbus
Depicted Native Americans as barbaricJohn Smith
"The Wonders of the Invisible World"Cotton Mather
Wrote about the trial of Martha CarrierCotton Mather
Fasted 450 times for sins he committedCotton Mather
"Journal of First Voyage to America"Christopher Columbus
Mistook Bahamas for IndiaChristopher Columbus
Goal was to deliver letters from King toKublai KhanChristopher Columbus
"The Iroquois Constitution"Iroquois
Powerful enemy of the DelawareIroquois
Dekonawidah planted the Tree of Great PeaceIroquois
Poem that expresses personal thought and feelings of the pastLyric Poem
Example of a lyric poem"To My Dear and Loving Husband"
Figurative Language ExamplesConceit, Metaphor, Pictograph; "Thoughts were scattered like leaves"
Example of a mythThe Walum Olum/Hercules
A traditional story that uses heroes or supernatural beings to explain human behaviorMyth
Refers to a great spiritManitou
Tribe that defeated Gen. CusterTeton Sioux
Name of the Spaniard living in Mexico at the time of Coronado's expeditionCastinada


Learning Needs Teacher
Roncalli High School
Manitowoc, WI

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