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Missouri History
Chapter 3
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History
4th Grade
05/02/2013

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"Gateway to the West"
Definition
Missouri was the place people passed through on their way West.
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Sac and Fox
Definition
Native Americans who came from Illinois
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expedition
Definition
a group of explorers going into a new territory
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lodge
Definition
a low round house built of trees and earth
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colony
Definition
a place ruled by another country
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archeologist
Definition
a scientist who digs up ancient remains for study
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St. Louis
Definition
a trading village
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civilization
Definition
an organized system of government, religion, and education
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artifacts
Definition
ancient remains and objects
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President Thomas Jefferson
Definition
bought the Louisianna Purchase from France
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Lewis and Clark
Definition
explored the Louisiana Territory
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Mountain Men
Definition
fur trappers who hunted in and explored the West
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Oregon Trail
Definition
led to Oregon Territory
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Laclede and Chouteau
Definition
settled St. Louis
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pioneer
Definition
someone who leads the way
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Independence, Missouri
Definition
the "jumping-off" place for wagon trains headed west
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Robert de La Salle
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the European explorer who claimed the land west of the Mississippi River to the Gulf of Mexico for France
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Mound Builders
Definition
the Native Americans who built up piles of earth
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Osage
Definition
the Native Americans who called themselves the "Little Ones"
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Missouri
Definition
the Native Americans who gave their name to our state
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Santa Fe Trail
Definition
the earliest trail West
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frontier
Definition
the edge of a settled area
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Marquett and Jolliet
Definition
the first Europeans to reach Missouri
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history
Definition
the written story of the past
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Asia
Definition
where scientist believe that Native Anericans came from
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