Earliest Americans
Movement of people
Migration
The Iroquois lived in shelters called ___________. These long wooden buildings could hold up to 50 people.
Longhouse
The Great Plains people built shelters that were easy to move. One such shelter was a cone-shaped tent called a _________.
Tepee
Pueblo people were able to grow their _________, or main, foods of corn, beans, and squash.
Staple
Extended Family
Clan
A group of people with ways of life, religion, and learning.
Civilization
Jobs were divided between men and women, which make it possible for people to produce more goods.
Division of Labor
A layer of soil held together by the roots of grasses.
Sod
Term meaning adjust.
Adapt
Economy
A way of life or an idea that has been handed down from the past.
Tradition
A loose group of governments working together.
Confederation
Central Plains people lived in villages made up of large round earthen houses called ___________.
Lodges
Surplus
Exchange goods
Barter
A group of people in a society who have something in common.
Class
Round bark-covered shelters
Wigwam
Scarce
To get goods they could not make themselves, they formed large ____________, which allowed them to get goods from faraway places.
Trade Networks
One person canoe made of waterproof skins stretched over wood or bone.
Kayak
Objects made by people
Artifacts
Beads cut from seashells to make beaded designs to show important decisions, events or stories.
Wampum
The Cheyenne governed differently. They were ten groups that were independent of each other. However, each group sent its leaders to meet in a ________ of chiefs.
Council
Adobe
Long spears with sharp shell points
Harpoons
An idea based on study and research
Theory
Walls of tall wooden poles
Palisade
A celebration to honor a cultural or religious event.
Ceremony
These cone-shaped shelters were built by covering a wooden frame with mud or adobe.
Hogans
Homes made of ice
Igloos
An early family member
Ancestor
Where were the Eastern Woodlands tribes located?
A _______ was made of two poles tied together at one end and then fastened to a harness on a dog.
Travois
New Mexico, Arizona
One way they expressed their good fortune was through a celebration known as a _________, which was meant to show wealth and divide property among the people.
Potlatch
A land bridge that once existed between Asia and North America
Beringia
Algonquian and Iroquoian
Name two Plains Native American tribes.
Iowa, Missouri, Sioux, Kiowa, Lakota, Cheyenne, Blackfoot
Name two Southwest Tribes.
Hopi, Suni, Navajo, and Pueblo
Name two Northwest tribes.
Kwakiutl, Makah, Chinook, Aleut, and Inuit