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Arkansas History
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7th Grade
01/19/2006

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What important change in Indian life took place during the Woodland tradition?Name two changes that this change brought about.
Definition
Argiculture is the most important change. And they living in one place and trade increasing is the changes brought about.
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Name the seven geographic regions of Arkansas.
Definition
Grand Prairie,Crowley Ridge, zarks, Ouachitas, Arkasas River Valley, Gulf Coastal plain, and Mississippi Alluvial Plain.
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What was the single greastest cause of death among the Native American population after contcat with Europeans? Why?
Definition
Disease were because they were most common with Europeans, but to the Indians it's fatal.
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The land that became the state Arkansas belonged to four different groups or nations. Name these groups.
Definition
Indian,French,Spanish,American.
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The land, which is now Arkansas, was divided into three regions. Name all three.
Definition
Uplands,Gulf Coastal Plain,and Mississippi Alluvial Plain.
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adze
Definition
a tool simimlar to an axe, with the blade attached crosswide to the handle. Used for carving a canoe out of a whole log.
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alluvial
Definition
left behind by streams and rivers. Alluvial soils are those deposited by a river as it carries soil from uostream to downstream.The Mississippi Alluvial Plain covers much of eastren Arkansas and its referred to in Arkansas as "the Delta."
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archeologist
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scientist who carefully uncovers the objects left behind by earlier people. Archeologist are able to judge how people lived and when they lived by putting together the physical clues-like pieces of pottery made in a certain way-that they find.Thier study is archeology.
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atlatal
Definition
a tool used by the early Indians for throwing spears.
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glaciers
Definition
a sheet of snow and ice that never melts even in the middle of summer.
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hematite
Definition
a stone native to Arkansas that is especially heavy because it contain iron.
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loess
Definition
wind borne soil
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mastodon
Definition
an ancestor of the modern elephant that lived in the Pleistocene era, or during the Ice Ages.
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moat
Definition
a water filled circular ditch surrounding a building or set of buildings, usaually designed to protect the building form attacked.
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novaculite
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a stone native to southern Arkansa sthat is a natural sharpening tool.
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plaza
Definition
an open area, like a park, surrounded by buildings.
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Brought Louisiana from Napoleon
Definition
Jefferson,Livingston,Monroe.
Term
Explored the Mississippi River.
Definition
De Soto, Joliet,La Salle, Marquette
Term
Greeted the explorers of Arkansas
Definition
Quapaws
Term
Founded Arkansas Post
Definition
De Tonti
Term
Tried to start a colony in Arkansas
Definition
John Law, De Tonti
Term
Discovered the Western Hemisphere
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Columbus
Term
Explored form Mexico to Kansas
Definition
Coronado
Term
Conquered Peru
Definition
Pizarro
Term
Explored the Southeast and Arkansas
Definition
De Soto
Term
Emperor of France
Definition
Louis XIV
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Claimed the Mississippi for France
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La Salle
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King and Queen of Spain
Definition
Ferinand and Isabella
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Claimed thr Alantic Coast for Englnad
Definition
Cabot
Term
Attacked the Spanish at Arkansas Post
Definition
Colbert
Term
Completed De Soto's expedition
Definition
Moscoso
Term
Conquered Mexico
Definition
Cortes
Term
Met the Spanish invasion in Peru
Definition
Incas
Term
Lived in Tennesse
Definition
Colbert and Chickasaw
Term
Explored the Arkansas River
Definition
La Harpe and De Soto
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Defened the fort at Arkansas
Definition
De Villiers
Term
Sold Louisiana to the United States
Definition
Bonaparte and Ferinand and Isabella
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