| Term | Definition |
|---|
| religion | belief about God or Gods |
| Puritan | a member of the Church of England who settled in North America to follow Christian beliefs in a more pure way |
| Quaker | came to Americafor religious freedom and settled mainly in Pennsylvania |
| Cherokee | group of Indians living in TN, in the southern Appalachian Mountains. They had about 100 farming villages. They formed a confederation to improve cooperation between these villages |
| Creek | group of Indians that lived in Tennessee whose major mode of travel was by canoe |
| Chickasaw | group of Indians that lived in Tennessee along the banks of the TN river |
| Mayflower Compact | an agreement by those on the Mayflower to make and obey laws for their colony |
| flooding | an overflowing of a body of water onto normally dry land |
| plate tectonics | geologic theory that states that the bending and breaking of the solid surface of the earth results from the slow movement of large plates |
| mission | a small religious community |
| checks and balances | system that gives each branch of government different powers so that each branch can check the authorities of the others |
| executive branch | carries out the laws (president, vice president, and cabinet members) |
| judicial branch | make sure laws are fair (Supreme Court) |
| legislative branch | makes the laws (Senate and House of Representatives) |
| House of Representatives | number is based on a state's population |
| Senate | 2 Senators come from each state |
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