Religious Impulse - the universal urge to believe in something beyond ourselves. Credo - a philosophy or a set of beliefs. Ethnicity - a person’s origins‚ race‚ or culture‚ but not necessarily his or her religion. Totems - a projective entity in the form of an animal‚ natural object‚ or plant. Oracy - the ability to express oneself fluently in speech and to understand a spoken language. Elder - a person venerated for age and wisdom. Spiritual - concerned with sacred or religious
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woman ’s band and family. In the Cherokee and Pueblo tribes‚ if a woman was unhappy with her spouse‚ she could simply toss his belongings from their home and that was that. Women ’s roles in the governing of the tribe was usually influential. The Iroquois Indians‚ the
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The Spanish‚ French‚ Dutch‚ and English are the European countries that settled in the Americas by colonizing the area. The Spanish colonized the Aztecs‚ Mayans‚ Incas‚ some parts of the South America and Southwest of North America‚ the French colonized Canada‚ the Dutch colonized New Netherland‚ and the English colonized Virginia and Plymouth among the others. Christopher Columbus sailed to earn money and recognition and spread Christianity and by liberating Jerusalem from Muslim rule. When he
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Our Universe Our universe was created billions of years ago and no one is exactly sure of how. What will come of it in the future? Religions‚ beliefs‚ and scientists all have different perspectives of what will happen in the future to our earth and universe and they all have different views of how it all started. Once we know definitely how the earth was created‚ then we will find out most of the mysteries of the planets evolution. There are many different thoughts of what is to come of our earth
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and now they are extinct. When he landed in Newfoundland he met with Indians called Micmacs but he didn’t trust them and then when he sailed north to Gaspe he met Indians fishing that were from a tribe called the Iroquois. This place was called Honguedo and the chief of the Iroquois group was Donnacona. Cartier wanted to show his importance to the Indians and put up a big wooden cross with the French symbol of the Fleur des Lys on it. It was July 24th 1534. During this
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From their very genesis‚ the New England and Chesapeake Colonies displayed stark differences and contrasts. The former was founded mostly for religious reasons and the latter for purely economic ones. Though both regions were in relatively close proximity‚ comparably‚ they greatly differed religiously‚ politically‚ socially‚ and morally (in so far as their perception/exploitation of Native Americans was concerned). The exploration of these different colonies will prove to be particularly fruitful
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1.The Shaping of North America 1.Recorded history began 6‚000 years ago. It was 500 years ago that Europeans set foot on the Americas to begin the era of accurately recorded history on the continent. 2.The theory of “Pangaea” exists suggesting that the continents were once nestled together into one mega-continent. The continents then spread out as drifting islands. 3.Geologic forces of continental plates created the Appalachian and Rocky Mountains. 4.The Great Ice Age thrust down over North America
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AN OUTLINE OF AMERICAN HISTORY "Heaven and Earth never agreed better to frame a place for man’s habitation." John Smith‚ 1607 CHAPTER 1 THE FIRST AMERICANS At the height of the Ice Age‚ between 34‚000 and 30‚000 B.C.‚ much of the world’s water was contained in vast continental ice sheets. As a result‚ the Bering Sea was hundreds of meters below its current level‚ and a land bridge‚ known as Beringia‚ emerged between Asia and North America. At its peak‚ Beringia is thought to have been
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Woods Runner is the story about a person named Samuel who is 13 years old and lives on the western frontier of Pennsylvania. Sam lives in an small cabin surrounded by thick woods. Sam and his parents are new to the place and are educated. Moving through the woods and underbrush to avoid detection they make their way to New York City where Sam believes his parents are being held as prisoners of war. On the road to the city they are helped by a scottish person named Abner McDougal who turns out to
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title “Father of the New France” b. He entered into friendly relations with the nearby Huron Indian tribes and at their request‚ he joined them in battle against the federated Iroquois c. After two volleys from the rifles‚ they scared off the terrified Iroquois and thus earned the enmity of the Iroquois 2. Quebec d. Granite sentinel commanding the St. Lawrence River e. In 1608 the permanent beginnings of a vast empire were established at Quebec 3. Robert de La
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