Vocabulary
Native American Groups
Wagwams and Longhouses
Mound Builders
Surprise
100
Moving from one place to another.
Migrating
100
How did the first Native Americans come to the Ohio Country?
Native Americans arrived by one of three ways. By way of the land bridge, Beringia. By boat along the Pacific-North Coast, or by boat along the glaciers between northern Europe and the northern part of North America.
100
Why were holes created in the middle of Longhouses and Wigwams?
To let out the smoke from fires.
100
Who were the first mound builders in the Ohio Country?
The Adena
100
Why would Native Americans have built mounds with patterns and shapes?
The shapes may have been important in the belief systems. They may have been honoring a god, sacred idea, or animal.
200
A hook shaped stick that launched the spears into the air at faster speeds.
An atlatl
200
Name the two language families of the six historic Native American groups.
Iroqoian and Algonkian
200
Did the Wyandot live in wigwams or longhouses?
Longhouses
200
Why did the Adena people build mounds?
They built mounds as burial sites. The Adena also built mounds in the shape of birds, bears, and other animals.
200
Name The Three Sisters
Corn, beans, and squash
300
An object made or used by people who lived in the past.
An artifact
300
How did the different seasons affect the lives of Native Americans?
Native Americans had to obtain food in different ways during different seasons, and the amount of food they ate changed from season to season.
300
A single longhouse could house up to how many families?
20
300
After the Adena left Ohio, which Native American group came after them, that built bigger and better mounds?
The Hopewell people
300
What was a shaman?
A religious leader to Native Americans
400
A pile of earth made by humans
A mound
400
Why was bartering so important to Native Americans?
Native Americans were able to exchange food or goods for things they needed or wanted, but did not have.
400
Why would a single family move from a longhouse in the summer to a wigwam in the winter?
Because wigwams were easier to heat in the winter.
400
What Native American group built the fewest mounds, and eventually began to bury their people in cemeteries?
The Fort Ancient people
400
Name one of two Native American groups that lived in Southwest Ohio
The Miami or the Shawnee
500
A common practice
A custom
500
Name the six historic Native American groups of the Ohio Country.
1. Delaware 2. Miami 3. Mingo 4. Ottawa 5. Shawnee 6. Wyandot
500
What were some of the benefits of living in a longhouse with other families?
Families could help one another cook, clean, and look after children.
500
Serpent Mound is believed to have been built by which Native American group?
The Fort Ancient people
500
Describe the roles of women and men in Native American groups.
Men hunted, fished, cleared fields for planting and fought in wars. Women planted and harvested crops, gathered nuts, and trapped small animals. Sometimes, both men and women cared for children and cooked.
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