Culture
What is culture?
Culture is the way of life of a group of people.
What do the men do in the morning?
Men leave before the sun comes up to hunt for food.
Whose role is it to keep the village and its people safe?
Men
Some Indian groups believe that the earth and animals have spirits. What is this called?
Animism
What are the two ways people first came to the Americas?
What is a custom?
A custom is something people do every day that is a part of their culture.
What do women do in the afternoon?
When the men come back from hunting, they cook the food.
Whose role is it to cook, clean and make the clothing for the village?
Women
What are shamans?
Men or women who are thought to have magical powers. Some people even said they could heal the sick.
How long ago did the first people come to the Americas?
People came here about 15,000 years ago.
What are two examples of American Indian customs?
mohawks to make them look fierce and feathered headdresses
When do people gather around the elders to listen to folktales or traditional stories about their culture?
In the evening
Whose role is it to learn how to survive in nature?
Children
What is a kachina?
Kachinas are spirits of natural forces like the sun, wind, and storms.
Name one thing that the Mayans created.
Math system
Writing system
calendar
charted the moon and stars
What things are included in a persons culture?
Art, language, ideas, beliefs, and history
What are small children doing during the day?
Help their mothers with chores.
Both men and women did farm work. Explain the different roles of men and women on the farm.
Men cleared the land to make the farms.
Women planted and cared for the crops.
Why did Indians make kachina dolls?
They made kachina does to teach children about the different kachinas, or spirits.
Name two facts about Inuit people.
They made their house out of blocks of ice.
They ate animals from the sea.
It was very cold where they lived.
What is a custom that we have here in the United States?
Children must go to school each day.
Varied answers
Explain the day in the life of Indian women.
They wake up and collect water, gather wood for the fire, and cook breakfast. They are taking care of the small children. When the men come back from hunting, they cook the food.
Why did the Indians create the game lacrosse? Why did boys have to learn how to play the game?
Boys played lacrosse to prepare them to be hunters and warriors.
Which Indian group believed in kachinas?
The Hopi Indians
How did people choose where to live when they first came to the Americas?
They looked at the geography and climate