Vocabulary 2
Early North American Cultures
Peoples of the Far North and the West
Peoples of the Eastern and Southeastern Woodlands
Peoples of the Southwest and the Plains
100

This is a scientific method of determining the age of an artifact

What is carbon dating

100

True or False: There were ancient civilizations in the U.S. as well

What is true

100

The Aleut, Yupik, Inupiat, and _________ lived in the northernmost part of North America

What is Inuit

100

The Serpent Mound is located in what state

What is Ohio

100

The nations of the Iroquois included the Onondaga, the Mohawk, the Oneida, the Cayuga, and the ______

What is the Seneca

200

This is a broad platform of flat land cut into steep slopes

What is a terrace

200

This culture also built mounds

Mississippian Cahokia

200

Boats of tribes in the frigid north were called _______

Kayaks

200

The Adena and Hopewell were classified as _______ Builders

What is Mound

200

The Iroquois grew the three sisters, which was made up of corn, beans, and _____

What is squash

300

This is a narrow passage of water between two large bodies of water

What is a strait

300

Puebloan villages were known as ________

pueblos

300

The Shoshone lived between the Sierra Nevada and ______ mountains

What is Rocky

300

People on the Plains primarily lived in _______

What is tepees
300

There were a total of _____ in the Iroquois alliance

what is five

400

The tool, weapon, or other object left behind by early peoples are called ______

What is an artifact

400

The Ancient _________ built Mesa Verde

What is Puebloans

400

People of the far north were heavily reliant on hunting and ________

What is fishing

400

Native Americans on the Plains hunted ______ as it was central to supplying many of their needs

What is bison or buffalo

400

The Iroquois lived in _______

What is longhouses
500

This is a people’s shared values, beliefs, traditions, and behaviors

What is culture

500

The Mississippi Cahokia were located in this present-day state

What is Illinois

500

DAILY DOUBLE: The _______ and Yakama lived between the Cascade and Rocky Mountains

Nez Perce

500

The Apache and the ______ lived in the Southwest

What is the Navajo

500

The Iroquois formed a _______ as an alliance

What is confederacy

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