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46 Cards in this Set
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List the 4 land areas of the Eastern US coasts and mountains
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The Eastern Forest
The Appalachian Mountains The Piedmont Coastal Plains |
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The Appalachian Mountains
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most prominent landform in eastern US - with low mountain ranges
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Green Mountains
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Vermont
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White Mountains
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New Hampshire and Maine
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Catskills and Adirondacks
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New York
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Gaps
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narrow passageways between mountains
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Cumberland Gap
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pioneer families passed this on the way to the west
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Mammoth Cave
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largest known underground cave system
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Piedmont means
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at the foot of the mountain
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fall line cities
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Washington, DC
Richmond, Virginia Raleigh, NC |
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Tidewater region
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tides flow inland, follows river up the plains
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New England - not many crops but have
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fishing, shipping industries
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Gulf Coastal Plain extends from
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along Gulf of Mexico, tip of Florida to Mexico
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2nd largest body of water in the world
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Atlantic Ocean
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saltiest ocean
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Atlantic Ocean
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Ocean without boundaries
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Atlantic Ocean
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4 Oceans
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Atlantic, Arctic, Indian, and Pacific
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Atlantic Ocean's temperature
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80 degrees F at the equator to 28 degrees F near the Arctic Ocean and Antarctica
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Quahog
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type of hard-shelled clam used to make beads
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Wampum
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strung beads, given as gifts, tokens of friendships or money
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Wild Turkey
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used to be a domesticated animal
Benjamin Franklin suggested it to be the national bird |
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Bald Eagle
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USA national bird
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Venison
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Indians used for food, clothing and shelter
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Wapiti
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American elk; used for food, clothing decorations and tools
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Black Bear
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one of biggest mammals in eastern woodlands of US
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Hopewell Indians
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built large mounds to bury dead and for worship of false gods
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5 Iroquois tribes that formed the Iroquois League of Nations
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Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca
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Iroquois lived in
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long houses
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Mohawks
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man-eaters
fierce fighters |
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Cherokees
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friendly to white man
lived in wigwams |
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Shawnee
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southerners
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Seminoles
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run-away; in Florida
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Seminoles
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hunted and fished; live in houses with thatched roofs; Everglades;
wore bright colored clothing |
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Wampanoag
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where Indians met Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock;Indians invited to 1st Thanksgiving
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Samoset
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from Maine; learned English from fishermen; introduced Pilgrims to Massasoit
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Massasoit
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Wampanoag chief; signed treaty with Pilgrims
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Delaware Tribe
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made pictorial chronicle of their history
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John Eliot - apostle to the Indians
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praying Indians; persecuted in uprising
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John Campanius
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Swedish Lutheran missionary
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Roger Williams
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founder of Rhode Island
founded America's 1st Baptist Church |
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David Brainerd
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missionary on horseback; missionary in New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania; died at 29
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Joseph Brant
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famous Mohawk chief ; called "Monster Brant"
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Tecumseh
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"shooting star" ; fought to keep white man out of Indian territory
died in War of 1812 |
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Sequoya
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invented Cherokee written language
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Sequoya's symbols were called
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syllabary
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Large redwood trees in California named after Sequoya
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Sequoias
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