| A | B |
|---|
| Mayflower Compact | first written agreement of self-government |
| George Washington | brave and wise |
| Paul Revere | "The British are coming!" |
| Constitution | plan of gov't the U.S. follows today |
| Betsy Ross | stitched the first American flag |
| James Madison | did most of the work on the constitution |
| Yosemite Falls | highest waterfall in N.America |
| Sequoya | invented a written Cherokee language |
| Treaty of Paris | agreement giving colonies their independence |
| farewell address | speech ending G.Washington's term |
| Phillis Wheatley | first black American poet |
| Sacagawea | Indian guide who helped Lewis and Clark |
| migration | movement of a group of people or animals |
| patriots | colonists who wanted freedom from G.Britain's control |
| culture | way of life for a group of people |
| Nathan Hale | "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country." |
| John Paul Jones | "I have not yet begun to fight." |
| Patrick Henry | "Give me liberty or give me death!" |
| Christopher Columbus | first modern explorer to discover the New World |
| Yorktown | where Gen. Cornwallis surrendered to end the war |
| Valley Forge | where G. Washington and army spent the winter battling hunger and cold |
| John Cabot | first modern explorer to reach N.American mainland |
| John Hancock | first to sign the Declaration of Independence |
| geography | the study of the earth |
| history | the record of what has happened to mankind |
| Hudson Bay | world's largest bay |
| Appalachian Mountains | most prominent landform in eastern N.America |
| Ole' Deluder Satan Act | established first public schools in America |
| habitat | setting where plants and animals thrive |
| Mississippi River | largest river in N.America |
| Lake Superior | largest freshwater lake in the world |
| Crater Lake | deepest lake in the U.S. |
| St. Lawrence Seaway | largest inland seaway in the world |
| Gulf of Mexico | world's largest gulf |
| Separatists | wanted to separate from the Church of England |
| bison | most important to Indians of the plains |
| Quakers | Society of Friends |
| Count Von Zinzendorf | leader of the Moravians |
| Moravians | active in mission work |
| Mt. Logan | highest peak in Canada |
| Thomas Jefferson | author of the Declaration of Independence |
| Canada's languages | English and French |
| Executive branch | enforces the laws |
| Legislative branch | makes the laws |
| Judicial branch | interprets laws |
| house of Congress | Senate & House of Representatives |
| common store system | people did not work for what they had |
| free enterprise system | people can keep what they work for |
| British troops | wore red uniforms and fought out in the open |
| Colonial Militia | wore homemade clothes and hid behind rocks and trees |
| Hopewell Indians | known for their burial mounds |
| Iroquios Indians | lived in longhouses |
| Delaware Indians | kept a pictorial chronicle of their history and traditions |
| Wampanoag Indians | had the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims |
| Shawnee Indians | means "Southerner" |
| Navajo Indians | famous for weaving beautiful rugs |
| Cherokee Indians | largest Indian tribe in the U.S. today |
| Mohawk Indians | their chief was Chief Joseph |
| Chief Joseph | translated some Scriptures into their language |
