Indigenous Peoples
What land bridge connected Asia and Alaska during early migrations?
What is Beringia?
The Inuit depended mainly on this activity for survival.
What is hunting?
Decisions among First Nations were usually made by this method.
What is consensus?
Indigenous nations exchanged goods using this system.
What is barter?
In what year did Christopher Columbus reach the Americas?
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Which language family do the Inuit belong to?
What is Eskimo-Aleut?
The Algonquians relied mainly on these two activities.
What are hunting and fishing?
Which Indigenous group had a matriarchal social structure?
Who are the Iroquoians?
What crops did the Iroquoians commonly trade?
What are corn, squash and beans.
Europeans were searching for a western route to this continent.
What is Asia?
Which Indigenous group had a sedentary lifestyle based mainly on agriculture?
Who are the Iroquoians?
What type of homes were found in Iroquoian villages?
What are longhouses?
These respected community members helped preserve oral traditions.
Who are elders?
Trade routes extended across this continent.
What is North America?
Name one item Indigenous peoples received from Europeans.
What are glass beads, axes, or knives?
What type of dwelling did the Algonquians live in?
What are wigwams?
Indigenous cultures passed down knowledge through this tradition.
What is oral tradition?
Chiefs were often chosen for courage, generosity, eloquence, and this skill.
What are hunting skills?
These were exchanged during diplomatic negotiations.
What are wampum belts?
What product did Europeans obtain from Indigenous peoples?
What are furs?
What three things are shared by people who form a nation?
What are a common history, language, and culture?
Indigenous peoples highly valued this quality when exchanging gifts.
What is generosity?
According to shamanic tradition, who could communicate with the spiritual world?
Who is the shaman?
Name one major cause of rivalry among Indigenous nations.
What are hunting territories or control of trade goods?
What two factors made relations between Indigenous peoples and Europeans more tense?
What are European diseases and evangelization?