Lesson 1
What ocean lies to the east of the land that would one day become the U.S.?
Atlantic Ocean
Many historians believe people crossed a land bridge from where to where?
Alaska to Russia
What Southwest nation is known for their baskets?
Apache
What kind of houses did families who spoke an Iroquoian language live in?
Longhouse
Some Southeast nations built central towns. What did they build around them? (Either answer is acceptable)
stockades or palisades
What mountain range lies a few hundred miles inland from the Atlantic Ocean?
Appalachian Mountains
What was the largest settlement in what later became the United States?
***Bonus: What was it's largest structure?
Cahokia
***Monks Mound
What Southwest nation is known for its weaving?
Navajo
What were the highways of the Northeast Woodland nations? (hint: there are 3)
streams, rivers, footpaths
Choctaw parents and grandparents made "isht washoha" for children. What is it and what does the word mean?
toys, "played with"
What ocean lies to the west of the land that would one day become the U.S.?
Pacific Ocean
What do historians call the last group of people who built mounds?
Mississippians
Name the 4 crops the Hopi People grew:
corn, beans, squash, cotton
How many people could a large mishoon hold?
40
What game did the Cherokee, Choctaw and other nations play, and how far apart were the goal posts?
stickball, 100 feet to 5 miles
What mountain range ascends thousands of feet and is located in the west U.S.?
Rocky Mountains
Who built the Tower of Babel?
Noah's descendents
Where did Ancestral Puebloans build straight roads and many great houses?
Chaco Canyon
What was a Wampanoag leader called?
Sachem
Many nations understood a special language that the Choctaw Nation developed. What kind of language was that?
trade
What flows from northern forests to the Gulf of Mexico?
Mississippi River
People who lived in America long ago built thousands of mounds. What do historians call these people?
Mound Builders
What type of home is like an apartment house?
Pueblo
How did the Wampanoag fertilize their corn plants?
Herring
What three crops made up the Three Sisters?
corns, beans, squash