Vocabulary
Life in the Forest
Vocabulary Part 2
Living with the Land
100

This was used to carry a baby.

What is a cradleboard?

100

This was the home that was made deep in the forest for protection against the wind and harsh winter season.

What is a longhouse?

100

This is the name for a Native American winter home.

What is a longhouse?

100

Corn, beans, and squash were also referred to by the Native Americans as _______________ because they were planted close together.

What are the "three sisters?"

200

The name of a Native American summer home.

What is a wetu?

200

The _________________ learned about the ocean, rivers and woods, to look for animal tracks, to hunt, to sharpen arrows.

Who are the boys?

200

Native Americans did this to animal skin to make lighter.

What is tan?

200

The Native Americans used antlers and hooves for this.

What is jewelry?

300

A small, bendable tree.

What is a sapling?

300

The ______________learned about the fields and garden, plants that they could eat, to cook, to take care of children

Who are the girls?

300

A community of Native Americans is called this.

What is a tribe?

300

The sinews were used for ____________.

What is thread?

400

This means "first to live here."

What is native?

400

The Wampanoag believed they should take good care of the land, so every_________years they would move and use a different piece of land.

What is 10?

400

The men used fallen trees to make boats or _____________.

What is a mishoon?

400

Animal bones were used for this.

What are needles?

500

These are animal tendons used as thread.

What are sinews?

500

In the spring and summer, your family lives by the seashore in a ____________.

What is a wetu?

500

This group of Native Americans was also referred to as "People of the First Light" or "People of the Dawn."

What are the Wampanoag?

500

Animal fur was used for _________________ AND _______________.

What are blankets and clothes?
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