6th Grade History, Test 3, ABeka

Sequoya

He invented the written language of the Cherokees

David Brainerd

He preached to the Indians with the help of his interpreter and died at the age of 29

Tattamy

He translated the preaching of David Brainerd

Joseph Brant

He was a Mohawk chief who translated Scripture into his people's language

John Campanius

He was a Swedish Lutheran missionary who translated some of Martin Luther's writings into the Delaware language

bald eagle

United States' national bird

Cumberland Gap

a famous narrow passageway between mountains used by pioneers as they traveled west

Everglades

a marshy area of tall grasses and swamps in southern Florida

Piedmont Plateau

an area that slopes from the eastern edge of the Appalachians to the Atlantic Coastal Plain; most of the land is hilly and rolling

Hopewell Indians

this tribe was known for their burial mounds

Wampanoag

tribe who joined the Pilgrims for Thanksgiving

Delaware

tribe who kept a pictorial chronicle of their history

Shawnee

tribe's name means "southerner"

Iroquois

Indians who lived in longhouses and formed the League of Five Nations

Seminole

Indians who lived in the Everglades

John Eliot

the "Apostle to the Indians"; the first Bible printed in America was his translation of the Indian language

Mammoth Cave

the largest known underground cave system in the world

Appalachian Mountains

the most prominent landform in eastern North America, extending 1,500 miles from Canada to Alabama

Atlantic Ocean

the second largest ocean