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History
8th Grade
09/14/2007

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Term
what did the creek indians settle in the upper reaches of ?
Definition
pee dee river
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In the 15th century what did the creek indians from the south invade ?
Definition
the Pee Dee River valley
Term
what site was selected as the indians realioges and political capital ?
Definition
montgomery county
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What was the mound built to serve as ?
Definition
a foundation for a major temple
Term
What was the plaza in front of the mound ?
Definition
Mikos house
Term
What was the person that lived in mikos house ?
Definition
the chief political and reliogious leader of the greeks ?
Term
What was used as a burial ground ?
Definition
ceremonial center
Term
Where were the adults buried and what were they wrapped in ?
Definition
in shallow pits and wrapped in blankets or mats
Term
Where were children placed ?
Definition
in pots made for this purpose
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What did the new corn or busk ceromony celibrate ?
Definition
the ripening of the new corn
Term
How was the ritual of the perfection of the body performed ?
Definition
by scratching the body with a gar tooth comb and taking a black drink to cleanse the inner being
Term
What was the mound built of and how did it get there ?
Definition
out of earth and people brought in baskets from around the surrounding fields
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What was on the walls in the temple that marked the seating arrangment of the clans ?
Definition
symbols
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Where did the priest mix the black drink ?
Definition
In the counch shell
Term
What was the black drink ?
Definition
A tea brewed from leaves of the youpon bush that believed by the native americans to purge evil from the body
Term
what is the birth place of english speaking america ?
Definition
Roanoke Island
Term
What year and where did the english speaking nation begin ?
Definition
In 1584 on roanoke island
Term
What years did sir walter railigh sponser roanoke island for the first temporary english settlement ?
Definition
1584 to 1587
Term
What was the name of the scientist and artist on the 1585 expedition ?
Definition

Thomas Harriot and John White

Term
What ship of the 7 in the 1585 expedition was captend by Thomas Cavendish ?
Definition
Elizibeth
Term
When did the construction of Elizibeth 2 began ?
Definition
July 1982
Term
It was a way to commerate what ?
Definition
Roanoke Voyages
Term
When was Elizibeth 2 launched ?
Definition
Nov. 22 , 1983
Term
What type of wood did they use for most of Elizibeth 2s construction ?
Definition
White oak
Term
What is Elizibeth 2 framed with and planked with ?
Definition
treated yellow pine + juniper
Term
Elizibeth 2 had how many tunnes and how many masts ?
Definition
50 tunnes and 3 masts
Term
what are tunnes the measure of ?
Definition
volume
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How long and wide is elizibeth 2 ?
Definition
69ft long and 17ft wide
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