NAS 2 Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Missouria | Siouan language tribal name meaning "people of the big canoe" |
| breechcloth | buckskin held up by a belt that covered the genitals and buttocks areas of native men |
| moccasins | native footwear |
| scalplock | hairstyle common of native tribes of Missouri; shaven head with a singular lock of hair at the back of the head |
| tipis | portable housing made of a wooden pole frame and animal hide; common of the plains tribes |
| wattle and daub | sedentary housing made of a wooden frame, plaster walls, and thatched roof; common of southeastern tribes |
| travois | a simple wooden frame used for overland transportation; first drug by dogs then later horses |
| conquistador | a Spanish military explorer |
| Hernando de Soto | Spanish conquistador who led an expedition into the southern and central United States |
| Louis Joliet | French Canadian trader and explorer who with Jacques Marquette was one of the first Europeans to travel the Mississippi River |
| Jacques Marquette | French Catholic priest who with Louis Joliet was one of the first Europeans to explore the Mississippi River |
| De La Salle | French nobleman who explored the Mississippi River |
| smallpox | a contagious disease that wiped out many native populations |
| De Bourgmont | French trader who explored present day Missouri and established Fort Orleans |
| Fort Orleans | French trade headquarters of De Bourgmont on the Missouri River |
| French and Indian War | war between the English and French that strained relations between the French and native populations; English victory and French lost their land holdings in North America |
| Louisiana Purchase | 1803 land purchase in which Americans bought the present day central United States from France |
| Meriwether Lewis | American explorer who with William Clark explored the Louisiana Purchase |
| William Clark | American explorer who with Meriwether Lewis explored the Louisiana Purchase |
| Fort Osage | American military outpost on the Missouri River established by William Clark; site where the Osage signed most of their land away through treaties with the Americans |
| Andrew Jackson | American president elected in 1828; known as the "Indian Killer" and his removal of native tribes from their homelands |
| Indian Removal Act | 1830 act that moved native tribes west of the Mississippi River, most notably the Cherokee |
| Trail of Tears | a forced march of the Cherokee from the southeastern United States to Indian Territory in present day Oklahoma |
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