Culture Areas
Vocabulary
Vocabulary 2
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100
Which native tribe is presented in this photo of the plains?
Sioux (PG.15 Q1)
100
What is an artifact?
A man-made object left behind by people in the past. (PG.8 Q10)
100
What is the definition of 'migrate'?
To move from one region to settle in another
(PG.8 Q16)
100
Which tribe had a Great Council that made important decisions?
A. Cherokee
B. Iroquois
C. Nez Perces
D. Sioux
B. Iroquois
(PG. 15 Q8)
100
Define 'cradleboard'
A baby carrier used by Native Americans while they worked
(Pg.16 Q11)
200
Which native tribe lived in the Plateau area. And bred Appaloosa horses.
Nez Perces (PG.15 Q2)
200
What was a totem pole?
A large wooden statue with a series of carved faces representing a family's ancestors; made by the Makah. (PG.8 Q14)
200
What is the method for telling stories aloud?
Orally (PG.16 Q16)
200
This tribe was given a name by French settlers that means "pierced nose".
A. Cherokees
B. Iroquois
C. Nez Perces
D. Sioux
C. Nez Perces
200
Define 'Tomol'
E. A Chumash canoe built from cedar and redwood planks sealed with asphalt.
(PG.7 Q6)
300
Where did the Cherokees live?
Southeast Woodlands (PG.15 Q4)
300
What was a shaman?
A native American religious leader
(PG.16 Q15)
300
Define 'wattle and daub'
A style of construction where the Cherokee built huts made of sticks plastered with mud.
(PG.16 Q14)
300
An American Indian village of the Southwest made of stone and adobe apartment buildings built close togehter and often located on the side of a mountain
D. Pueblo
(PG.7 Q7)
300
Why were the Appaloosas important to the Nez Perce>
They were a way for the Nez Perces to travel and hunt. Trading Appaloosas with people outside the tribe brought wealth to the Nez Perce people.
(PG.16.18)
400
Q.3 Where did the Iroquois live?
Northeast Woodlands (PG.15 Q3)
400
What is buckskin and how were they preserved?
Buckskin is the skin from deer that is preserved through the process of soaking, drying, and stretching called tanning
(PG.16 Q9+Q10)
400
What is the command given by God for man to fill the earth and rule over it called?
The Creation Mandate
(PG.8 Q13)
400
An ancestral spirit that the Pueblo people believed could control objects in nature
B. Kachina
(PG.7 Q5)
400
Define potlatch and name the tribe that practiced it.
A Makah feast that often lasted several days in which the host gave gifts to his guests.
(PG.8 Q15)
500
Name the tribes of California, Southwest, Northwest, and subarctic
Chumash, Pueblo + Navajo, Makahs, Inuits
(PG.7 Q1-Q4)
500
What was the earliest evidence found that tells us that native Americans were hunters?
The Clovis Point
(PG.8 Q18)
500
Name 2 vocabulary words that relate to the Iroquois.
Longhouse: A rectangular shelter built by the Iroquois
Wampum: Iroquois beads made from shells that were used for belts, money, and trade.
(PG.16 Q12 + Q13)
500
Name the houses that the Inuits lived in, the Navajo lived in, and the religious room that the Pueblo used.
1. Igloos
2. a. Hogans (PG.7 Q8)
3. c. Kivas (PG.7 Q9)
500
Guess Mr. Sanchez's age
I don't know