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SPRITE
Potpourri
100
This Native American group was located in Florida.
What is the Eastern Woodlands?
100
Religious beliefs of the ancient Native Americans are most similar to this ancient river valley civilization.
Who are the Mesopotamians?
100
A temporary group of Native Americans who were united with a common goal.
What is a band?
100
Hunting, fishing and eventually trading with Europeans are examples of this aspect of the Native American civilizations.
What is Economy?
100
Which Native American group is in the Southeast Native American cultural region?
Who are the Eastern Woodlands?
200
New York is in this Native American region.
What is Eastern Woodlands?
200
Ancient Phoenicians and ancient Native Americans, as well as other ancient river civilizations, grew in locations with this.
What are good water sources?
200
An alliance formed for a specific purpose, such as defending against a common enemy.
What is a confederacy?
200
Sequoyah's writing system which the Cherokee used to print books and newspapers in their own language represents which aspect of SPRITE?
What is Intellectual?
200
This Native American group is in the Northeast Native American cultural region.
Who are the Eastern Woodlands?
300
New Mexico is in this Native American cultural region.
What is the Southwest?
300
Ancient river civilizations and ancient Native Americans all built their homes from this (the answer is general, not specific),
What is locally available material?
300
A Native American religious leader who is said to have magical healing powers.
What is a shaman?
300
Tribes, clans and bands represent this aspect of Native American civilization
What is Social?
300
Brought over Europeans, this killed thousands of Native Americans who had no natural defenses against it.
What is disease?
400
This geographical feature on this map is located in the Eastern Woodlands.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
400
Mesopotamia and ancient Native Americans both worshipped gods who were associated with this.
What are nature and animals?
400
A writing system using symbols to stand for whole syllables rather than an alphabet in which each letter makes its own sound.
What is syllabary?
400
The Iroquois, in what's now New York State had a representative government which became a model for the US Legislative Branch. This represents which aspect of SPRITE?
What is Political?
400
Since the mid 1800s, most Native Americans have been pushed off their native lands onto less desirable land set aside for natives, called this.
What are reservations?
500
This geographical feature is the boundary between the Great Plains and the Great Basin.
What are the Rocky Mountains?
500
Ancient Native Americans and this ancient river civilization leaders both had systems in place to control society.
Who are the Egyptians?
500
A ceremony by tribes on the Northwest Coast where people gave away gifts to prove their social status and religious beliefs.
What is a potlatch?
500
Native Americans created tools of stone, built irrigations systems and used locally sourced materials to build shelter. This shows which aspect of civilizations?
What is Technology?
500
These two modern day countries are in the Southwest Native American cultural region.
What are the United States and Mexico?