Key Terms
Culture
Adaptations
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Brain Busters
100
A person who moves often in search of food
Who are nomads?
100
An achievement of the Maya civilization
What is creating a calendar by watching the sun, moon, and stars?
100
This is another name for farming
What is agriculture?
100
Name something Native Americans believed about religion
What are earth and animals have spirits?
100
Explain why early Americans spread from the far North of North America to he rest of the continent
What is following herds of large animals in search of food?
200
A system for bringing water to dry fields
What is irrigation?
200
Give an example of a change for Native Americans as a result of farming
What is being able to stay in one place because they could grow their own food? They no longer needed to follow herds of animals to get food.
200
Describe how farmers who lived in dry areas adapted to their environment
What is irrigation?
200
Describe two ways scientists think people came to America
What is by boat or crossing a land bridge?
200
Name two things that Native American children were expected to do
What is girls helping gather berries and crops? Boys were sent to live in the woods to test survival skills.
300
To change in order to survive the conditions faced
What is to adapt?
300
This group was in charge of making decisions.Members were typically society's leaders.
What is a council?
300
Name a way Native American people in the West changed the land to improve their lives
What is clearing the land by burning it for farming?
300
Describe how the Powhatans adapted to living near water?
What is building canoes so they could fish?
300
Describe the role women in Native American culture
What is sewing clothing, gardening, and raising children?
400
A group whose member nations share the same goals
What is a league?
400
This Native American nation in the Northern Woodlands formed a union of nations called a league.
Who are the Iroquios?
400
The Plains Indians relied on this animal to live. Give examples of how it was used.
What is bison? Bison's fur was used in door ways to block the cold, meat was used for food, and their stomachs were used to make baskets.
400
Describe three reasons the Mound Builders created large earthen mounds
What is for giving speeches, funerals, or ceremonies?
400
This is how Native American children gained knowledge and learned about their history.
What is story-telling?
500
A set of beliefs and way of life that are special to a certain group
What is culture?
500
Name five crops Native Americans grew on their farms.
What is corn, beans, squash, potatoes, and wheat?
500
This is how Native American children gained knowledge and learned about their history.
What is story-telling?
500
Explain what a hunter-gatherer does
What is hunting, trapping, and killing animals? What is gathering berries?
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!! NAME THE 7 CONTINENTS
North America, South America, Asia, Europe, Africa, Antarctica, Australia
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