Jeopardy

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Map Skills
Early Colonies
People
Water
Miscellaneous Terms
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This explains what the symbols on a map mean
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What is a map key or legend ?
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A map that shows where people live or how many
people live in different areas
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What is a population map ?
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The 4 main directions of a compass rose N, E,
S, W
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What are Cardinal directions?
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Imaginary lines on a map or globe that measure
the distance North or South from the Equator
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What is latitude?
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The line from which all other lines of
longitude are measured
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What is the Prime Meridian?
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A person who travels to a place for religious
reasons
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What is a pilgrim?
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The first permanent English settlement in the
New World
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What is Jamestown?
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The Indian who helped the Pilgrims survive by
teaching them how to plant corn
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Who is Squanto?
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The Pilgrims settlement in Massachusetts
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What is Plymouth?
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The leader of the colony at Jamestown
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Who is John Smith?
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Third President He wrote the Declaration
of Independence.
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Who is Thomas Jefferson?
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People who come to another country to live
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Who are immigrants?
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The inventor of the cotton gin
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Who is Eli Whitney?
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Member of the House of Burgesses, he spoke out
against taxes. He said, Give me liberty or give
me death.
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Who is Patrick Henry?
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American general who was defeated by the Sioux
at the Battle of Little Big Horn
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Who is General George Custer?
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A place along a coastline where ships can
dock safely
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What is a harbor?
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Streams or small rivers which flow into larger
rivers or bodies of water
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What are tributaries?
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The place where a river empties into the ocean or
another large body of water
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What is a mouth?
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Part of an ocean, sea, or lake that cuts deeply
into the land
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What is a bay?
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A waterway for ships that is dug across the land
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What is a canal?
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Land set aside for Indians to live on
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What is a reservation?
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To be able to provide for ones own needs
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What is self-sufficient?
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A special way a group of people does something
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What is a custom?
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The surrounding in which a person, plant,
or animal lives
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What is environment?
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Using resources to meet peoples needs and wants
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What is economy?