Vocabulary 1
What are objects left behind by a culture that scientists study?
artifacts
crops
How did the Lenape choose the different names of places where they lived.
They used words to describe the location of physical geography of an area.
Lenape clothing was made from this..
deerskin
What it is called when theire is extra food, like the Lenape storing their extra food.
surplus
Who are scientists who study the way people lived in the past?
archaeologists
Culture and ideas passed down from one generation to another
legacy
What were important to the Lenape - like the Corn Dance, held at the end of fall.
ceremonies
This means Land of the people and is where the Lenape lived.
Lenapehoking
The Lenape preserved food by...
What is drying the food out?
When the settlers got to North America, they were happy to find______________________ such as clear water, rich soil, animals and forests.
What are rich natural resources?
This means creating useful items from the natural resources around your community.
resourceful
The Lenape used this to build their homes
saplings, trees
What geopgraphic landform gave Passaic its name
valley
Describe the types of shelter the Lenape lived in.
What is a longhouse or a wigwam? A longhouse was built from all natural materials such as tree trunks, saplings and brush. Several families could live in a long house, and they could even be built up to 100 feet long.
A group of Lenape who lived in northwestern NJ
Munsee
Name four things about Lenape culture that are different from our culture.
What is growing their own food; foraging; making their own clothes, made houses from trees, celebrated the first corn, traded wampum. (Accept any four.)