Vocabulary
Prehistory
Native Americans Living
Specific Native American Groups
Grab Bag
100
A set of beliefs and a way of life that are special to a certain group. It includes art, rules, beliefs and history.
What is culture
100
Covered up by the Berring Strait now, this land bridge helped people cross from Asia to North America
What is the Berring Land Bridge.
100
The name for the system that allows people to get what they need or want.
What is an economy.
100
These warring Native American groups lived in peace after they formed The League of Nations
What is The Iroquois
100

Give two examples of Native American economies that were based on their geography and environments.

What is: YOUR ANSWER HERE

200
a person who moves from place to place,
What is a nomad
200
This is a fancy word for planting crops and farming
What is agriculture
200
Defined as the world and conditions around you, some Native Americans changed this to improve their lives.
What is the environment
200
Their economy was one of hunting and gathering, relying mostly on the buffalo for all they needed.
What is The People of the Plains
200

How does the Long House tell us how the people who lived in them used their environment.

What is permanent housing meant they grew most of their own food.

300
To change in order to survive the conditions you face.
What is adapt
300
Charting the stars, sun and moon and creating an accurate calendar are among their accomplishments.
What is Mayan
300
Their roles usually included raising children, making clothing and making other household goods.
What is women
300

This Native American group lived in the Southwest and built their homes in the cliffs.  Living in a dry area, they used irrigation to water their crops. 

What are the Ancient Puebloans?

300
These were give to children as a way to learn about their religion
What is Kachina dolls
400
A group whose member nations share the same goals
What is league
400
The reason people probably came to North America from Asia
What is following herds of animals.
400
The teepee was a good home for The People of the Plains because of this.
What is went up and came apart quickly and easily.
400
Inventors of the Kayak, this Native American group lived in the icy North of the Americas.
What is the Inuit
400
The raven on a totem pole usually represented this:
What is a character in a religious story, a trickster or the keeper of the light.
500
a system for bringing water to crops
What is irrigation
500
These were rich, societies with well developed cultures living in North America long before the Europeans ever arrived
What is The Native Americans.
500
Native American religion often spoke about animals, plants or the earth having these
What is spirits
500
Made from the trees around them, these structures were very long and could house many families
What is The Long House
500
Native American tribes are so varied because this is so diverse in North American
What is the environment.
M
e
n
u