Vocab
Origin
This animal was used for their skins.
Deer
This type of food provided a "ladder" for the other foods.
This is a weapon that was used to hunt animals.
Atlatl
Native Americans came here around ______________ years ago.
10,000-12,000
This word means "existing in great numbers".
Plentiful
The Native Americans used every part of this animal; none of it was wasted.
Bison
This type of food grows on a vine.
Beans
This word means "travelling around".
Nomadic
The land bridge was known as ___________.
Beringia
This word means "corn".
Maize
This animal lives in the water and was hunted for food.
This type of food shades the ground and holds moisture in the soil.
Squash
This animal with large teeth would have been a dangerous thing to encounter as a Native American.
Saber-toothed Tiger
This was the name of the age when Native Americans crossed into America.
The Ice Age
This word means "to change the appearance of something".
Disguise
This type of water animal has "a hard shell on the outside of its body".
Shellfish
Native Americans ate a lot of this type of animal; they used every part of the animal.
Bison
Name three jobs that a Native American would have had.
Hunter, fisherman, gatherer
A typical tribe consisted of about ________ people.
20-50
This word means "a traditional story from the past".
Legend
The Paleo Indians brought this type of tamed animal with them to North America.
Dogs
This large tusked animal provided lots of food to the Native Americans.
Wooly Mammoth
This legend explained why beans, corn, and squash grew so well together.
The Legend of the Three Sisters
Before they learned to built their own shelters, Native Americans lived in ______.
Caves