A system for making rules and decisions to help guide a group.
What is a government?
100
This group of Native Americans built the large city of Tenochtitlan and controlled much of what is present-day Mexico.
Who are the Aztecs?
100
Hunter-gatherers who had already crossed from Asia to North America continued southward mainly for this reason.
What is to follow food sources?
100
They gathered and prepared food, raised children, and made clothes and other household goods.
Who are Native American women?
100
The Iroquois formed this with their five nations to make decision-making easier for such a large group.
What is a league?
200
They traveled to find food, rather than stay in one place.
What are hunter-gatherers?
200
This Native American group is known for having built huge earthen structures in the Mississippi River region.
Who are the Mound Builders?
200
True or False? The first people to settle in North America were the English. They started a colony in present-day Virginia.
What is FALSE! Hunter-gatherers most likely crossed a land bridge from Asia into North America. They migrated southward into Central and South America over time.
200
They hunted and fished, protected the community at times of war and conflict.
Who are Native American men?
200
The economy of the Plains Indians revolved around this resource, which they used for food, clothing and shelter.
What is bison?
300
A system by which a group makes, shares, and uses goods.
What is an economy?
300
Which 3 cultures flourished (lived well) until the arrival of European explorers and settlers in the Americas?
Who are the Aztecs, Iroquois, and the Mound Builders?
300
The Puebloans dug these to adapt to the lack of rainfall in their region. These helped their crops to grow.
What are irrigation canals?
300
This tribe sought help and advice from kachinas, or spirits that represent natural forces, like wind or storms.
Who are the Hopi?
300
About 10,000 years ago people began to practice this. It allowed them to stay in one place.
What is agriculture?
400
A large animal that once roamed the plains by the millions.
What is a bison?
400
They lived in the Southeastern region of North America and farmed crops such as corn and beans.
Who are the Cherokees?
400
These Native Americans were "nomads" or peoples who moved to search for food.
Who are the Plains indians?
400
Many Native American groups were religious and had celebrations (where they danced, sang, and prayed) to give thanks for these 2 things that they treated like gods.
What are earth's natural resources and animals?
400
The Powhatans built canoes and tools to catch fish in the waters that surrounded their homeland. This is an example of ____________.
What is a Native American economy?
500
A decision-making body.
What is a council?
500
These peoples lived in the Pacific Northwest and built an economy based on animals of the sea.
Who are the Makah and the Nootka?
500
The Powhatan people built these to adapt to their southeastern environment (they were surrounded by water).
What are canoes?
500
True or False. Most Native American cultures were similar, consisting of hunter-gatherers who built similar dwellings.
What is False? Native American cultures were diverse. Geographic regions affected the development of individual Native American cultures.
500
They made decisions. Their members were usually the society's leaders.