Vocabulary
Early Americans
Native American Life
Native American Life Part 2
Miscellaneous
100
a person who moves often in search of food
What is a nomad.
100
What is believed to be the way the first people came to North America?
What is crossing the land bridge between Asia and North America.
100

Which of the following is an example of Native American economy? a. The Maya developed a system of tracking the sun, moon, and stars. b. The Mound Builders built huge earthen structures. c. The Makah built canoes and tools to catch fish in the waters that surrounded their homeland.

What is c. The Makah built canoes and tools to catch fish in the waters that surrounded their homeland.

100

Which of these Native American groups lived in the Great Plains region of North America? a. the Algonquin b. the Navajo c. the Cheyenne d. the Inuit

What is c. the Cheyenne

100

A group of people who have a common ancestor

What is a clan

200
a system for bringing water to dry fields
What is irrigation
200
The planting and raising of crops is called?
What is agriculture.
200

Which of the following is an example of how the Native Americans changed their environments to improve their lives? a. Native American women played the main role in raising children. b. Native Americans from different regions spoke different languages. c. In California, Native Americans burned shrubs so that grasses would grow. The grasses attracted deer.

What is c. In California, Native Americans burned shrubs so that grasses would grow. The grasses attracted deer.

200
Which is true about Native American councils? a. Councils were a form of economy. b. Councils made decisions. Their members were usually the society's leaders. c. Councils were religious groups.
What is b. Councils made decisions. Their members were usually the society's leaders.
200
A change in Native American life that occurred because of farming was this....
What is Native Americans could stay in one place.
300

A scientific method of determining the age of an artifact

What is carbon dating

300
Which was an achievement of the Maya civilization? A. They developed a system of trade with Asian civilizations. B. They charted the sun, moon, and stars which helped them create a very accurate calendar.
What is B. They charted the sun, moon, and stars which helped them create a very accurate calendar.
300

Which of these Native American groups lived in the Southeast region of North America? a. the Cherokee b. the Puebloans c. the Sioux d. the Inuit

What is a. the Cherokee

300
Which Native American nation in the Northern woodlands formed a union of nations called a league? a. the Iroquois b. the Puebloans c. the Mayas d. the Powhatans
What is a. the Iroquois.
300

A communal Native American structure with a flat roof

What is a pueblo

400

A society that is ruled by religious leaders

What is theocracy

400

Why did early Americans spread from the far North of North America to the rest of the continent?

What is Early Americans did not grow their own food. They had to find new food sources. They followed their food sources and then formed settlements.

400

Which BEST defines culture? a. Culture is a system of warfare. b. Culture is the way of life of a people. It includes their art, rules, beliefs, and history. c. Culture is the system by which a people make, share, and use goods.

What is b. Culture is the way of life of a people. It includes their art, rules, beliefs, and history.

400
Which answer is true about Native American religions? a. Many groups believed that animals and the earth had spirits. b. Very few Native Americans were very religious. c. Religious wars were common among Native American nations.
What is a. Many groups believed that animals and the earth had spirits.
400
The Plains people based their economy around this animal...
What is the bison.
500

A broad platform of flat land cut into a slope

What is a terrace

500

What role did priests play in Mayan society?

What is priests were powerful leaders who performed rituals and ceremonies. They had knowledge of astronomy and mathematics. 

500

Which of the following was a role of women in the Native American societies? a. hunting and leading warfare b. trading with other Native peoples c. making clothing and other household goods d. protecting the community from enemies

What is c. making clothing and other household goods

500

They were nomadic people who lived in tipis and moved constantly following the herds. (Which region?)

What is the Great Plains?

500

The Native Americans lived in tiered homes made out of adobe bricks. Some lived in cliff-dwellings.

What is the Southwest

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