Vocabulary
The 1st to Arrive
Adapting
Way of Life
Bonus
100
This is a set of beliefs and way of life that are special to a certain group.
What is culture?
100
This is how experts believe the first people came to North America.
What is walking across a land bridge between Asia and North America?
100
What did the Powhatans build in order to hunt fish?
What are canoes and tools?
100
In terms of religion, Native Americans believed that animals and the earth had this.
What are spirits?
100
Say 20 in Meskwaki.
What is ______?
200
This is a system for bringing water to dry fields.
What is irrigation?
200
The first people began to practice this, which means the planted crops and raised their own food.
What is agriculture?
200
Why did Native Americans burn shrubs?
What is so grass would grow and deer would be attracted to the area?
200
This was a change in Native American life that occurred as a result of farming.
What is agriculture and staying in one place to grow their own food?
200
Say 30 in Meskwaki.
What is _____?
300
This is what a person/animal needs to do in order to survive the conditions faced.
What is adapt?
300
The Mayan civilization charted and documented these things in order to create a calendar.
What is the sun, moon, and stars?
300
These were some of the roles of Native American women.
What is gathering/preparing food, caring for children, and making clothing and other household goods?
300
This is why early Americans spread from far North of North America to the rest of the continent.
What is following animals to get food?
300
Say 40 in Meskwaki.
What is ______?
400
This is the term for a person who moves frequently in order to find food.
What is a nomad?
400
This is the reason why the first Native Americans spread throughout North America.
What is followed animals for food?
400
Native Americans believed children were connected to this.
What is the spirit world?
400
This is what was important in Native American religions.
What is animals/earth had spirits, or celebrations= time to give thanks?
400
Say 50 in Meskwaki.
What is _______?
500
This is the term for a group whose member nations share the same goals.
What is a league?
500
This Native American Nation in the northern woodlands formed a union of nations called a league.
What is Iroquois?
500
This is the role or job of the council.
What is to make decisions?
500
Give an example of Native American economies that were based on geography.
What is bison, housing styles, and fishing?
500
Say 60 in Meskwaki.
What is _______?
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