Chapter 1 Vocab
Moved -go south for the winter
migrate
land and bodies of water of a place
geography
Inuit tribe lived is this area
Northwest
Plains Indians followed this source of food around
Bison/buffalo
Women of this tribe, chose leaders, named babies
Iroquois
system by which a group makes shares and uses goods
economy
technology that brought water to crops
irrigation
Pueblo tribe lived in this area
Southwest
Southwest Indians planted this another word for maize
corn
Built huge earthen structures, active traders (some in Oklahoma)
Mound Builders
the weather of a place over time
climate
traditional customs beliefs and stories
folklore
The Cuhuilla group lived in this area
Southwest
Iroquois lived in these homes
longhouses
Skilled farmers who built systems for irrigation
Puebloan
people who moved to follow herds of animals
nomads
adviser
Inuit homes were made of
Ice blocks
Plains tribes usually lived in these homes
tepee
What direction did early American Indians travel when they came to the Americas
South
a relative who lived in the past
ancestor
a system for making rules and decisions
government
The Iroquois lived in what is now this state.
New York
This tribe ate fish, seals, whales
Inuit
Name one of the five other tribes that were part of the Iroquois Confederacy
Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca