Vocabulary
Define "Tundra"
A flat frozen region.
Define "Kayaks"
Light boats made of wood and seal or walrus hides.
What tribes lived in the Great Basin region?
Ute, Paiute, and Shoshone.
Define "Teepees"
Tents made of bison hides that served as portable homes
What does it mean when it says, "the Blackfoot and other tribes like them Migrated...?"
That they moved from place to place.
What does it mean to have a geographic perspective?
Looking at a culture through the lens of geography.
If you were invited to a "Potlatch," what would you be invited to?
A feast where families give gifts to their guests to show social rank and wealth.
What does it mean to Domesticate crops?
To grow crops to be eaten; Farming.
How did tribes in the Western American Cultures hunt buffalo?
They steered the animals over cliffs or into corrals where men could kill them with arrows.
The tribes of the Eastern woodlands practiced a technique known as slash-and-burn agriculture. What is Slash-and-Burn Agriculture?
Cutting down and burning trees to clear land.
"Both the Chickasaw and Choctaw societies were matrilineal." What does matrilineal mean?
This means that they traced their family lines through their mothers.
What 3 crops does the book mention that the Chickasaw and Choctaw people grew?
Corn, beans, and pumpkins
Which tribes were part of the Iroquois League?
The Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca.
What were the two types of geography that the book mentions? Define them both.
Physical Geography- Refers to the physical characteristics of a region
Human Geography- Examines how people and their cultures are affected by physical geography.
This site in Ohio is a grouping of mounds that contains Monk's Mound, which stands nearly 100 feet high and has a base larger than the Great Pyramid of Giza. What is the name of this site?
Cahokia