Vocabulary
Characteristics and Migration
Tlignit
Hopi
Plains and Eastern Woodland tribes
100
farming or growing plants
What is agriculture?
100
A group of people living together who have systems of government, religion, and culture
What is a civilization?
100
The staple food
What is salmon?
100
homes were made from this abundant natural resource
What is adobe clay, sticks, and stones?
100
The animal that the Plains natives used for almost everything.
What is the buffalo?
200
exchange goods without using money
What is bartering?
200
Why did farmers need to stay in one place?
What is to take care of their plants?
200
The main transportation
What is a dugout canoe?
200
The climate is ____________ and ________________/
What is hot and dry?
200
Staple crops that many natives used, especially the Eastern Woodland tribe. Known as the three sisters.
What is corn, squash, and beans?
300
A person who moves around and does not live in one place
What is a nomad?
300
A groups way of life (clothing, food, rituals, home)
What is culture?
300
The climate can be categorized as being ______________
What is mild, cold winters, and RAINY
300
The Native American word for home.
What is a pueblo?
300
Spanish explorers brought this animal that Plains natives used for hunting, traveling, and fighting.
What is a horse?
400
A main crop that is used for food
What is staple?
400
People followed _________________ over a land bridge after the Ice Age thousands of years ago.
What is big game (mammoth, elk, bears, etc.)?
400
The location of the Tlignit tribe
What is the Pacific Northwest?
400
A skill/craft that both Ancient and Modern day Hopi are masters at.
What is pottery?
400
Carefully shaped and cut seashells strung like beads
What is a wampum?
500
A group of related families
What is a clan?
500
Describe the theory that explains how Natives came to this continent.
What is through a land bridge from Siberia (Asia) to North America?
500
homes and clothing were made of this
What is cedar?
500
Underground religious area
What is a Kiva?
500
Plains Indians decorated their belongings with paint and _____________________.
What is porcupine quills?
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