1. 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt Map Skills Early Colonies PeopleWater Miscellaneous Terms

2. This explains what the symbols on a map mean

3. What is a map key or legend ?

4. A map that shows where people live or how many people live in different areas

5. What is a population map ?

6. The 4 main directions of a compass rose: N, E, S, & W

7. What are Cardinal directions?

8. Imaginary lines on a map or globe that measure the distance North or South from the Equator

9. What is latitude?

10. The line from which all other lines of longitude are measured

11. What is the Prime Meridian?

12. A person who travels to a place for religious reasons

13. What is a pilgrim?

14. The first permanent English settlement in the New World

15. What is Jamestown?

16. The Indian who helped the Pilgrims survive by teaching them how to plant corn

17. Who is Squanto?

18. The Pilgrims settlement in Massachusetts

19. What is Plymouth?

20. The leader of the colony at Jamestown

21. Who is John Smith?

22. Third President; He wrote the Declaration of Independence.

23. Who is Thomas Jefferson?

24. People who come to another country to live

25. Who are immigrants?

26. The inventor of the cotton gin

27. Who is Eli Whitney?

28. Member of the House of Burgesses, he spoke out against taxes. He said, Give me liberty or give me death.

29. Who is Patrick Henry?

30. American general who was defeated by the Sioux at the Battle of Little Big Horn

31. Who is General George Custer?

32. A place along a coastline where ships can dock safely

33. What is a harbor?

34. Streams or small rivers which flow into larger rivers or bodies of water

35. What are tributaries?

36. The place where a river empties into the ocean or another large body of water

37. What is a mouth?

38. Part of an ocean, sea, or lake that cuts deeply into the land

39. What is a bay?

40. A waterway for ships that is dug across the land

41. What is a canal?

42. Land set aside for Indians to live on

43. What is a reservation?

44. To be able to provide for ones own needs

45. What is self-sufficient?

46. A special way a group of people does something

47. What is a custom?

48. The surrounding in which a person, plant, or animal lives

49. What is environment?

50. Using resources to meet peoples needs and wants

51. What is economy?