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8th Grade History Unit 1

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  • What mountian range lies a few hundred miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean?
    Appalachian
  • Some Southeast nations built central towns. What di they build around them?
    stockades or palisades
  • How many people could a large mishoon hold?
    40
  • Many antiosn understood a special language that the Choctaw Nation developed. What language was that?
    trade
  • Name four crops that the Hopi people grew.
    Corn, beans, squash, and cotton.
  • What ocean lies to the west of the land that would one day become the United States?
    Pacific
  • What ocean lies to the east of the land that would one day become the United States?
    Atlantic
  • What three crops made up the Three Sisters?
    Corn, beans, and squash.
  • What southwest nation is known for their weaving?
    Navajo
  • What mountain range ascends to thousands of feet int he western part of the United States.
    Rocky Mountains
  • What was a Wampanoag leader called?
    sachem
  • The Mississippi River flows from northern forests to what body of water?
    Gulf of Mexico
  • What game did the Cherokee, Choctaw, and other nations play?
    stickball
  • What structure did Noah's descendants build?
    Tower of Babel
  • Where did Ancestral Puebloans build straight roads and many great houses?
    Chaco Canyon
  • People who lived in America long ago built thousands of mounds. What do historians call these people?
    Mound Builders
  • What Southwest nation is known for their baskets?
    Apache
  • How did the Wampanoag fertilize their corn plants?
    herring
  • What do historians call the last group of people who bult mounds?
    Mississippians
  • What was the largest settlement in what later became the Untied States and what was its largest structure?
    Cahokia, Monks Mound
  • What type of home mentioned in the lesson is like an apartment house?
    Pueblo
  • Many historians believe people crossed a land bridge to Alaska form what place?
    Russia