Mystery Questions
The first people to live on the continent of North America - Europeans or Native Americans?
Who were the Native Americans?
"BC".
What is Before Christ?
The shelter most often used by the Plains Indians when they were following the bison herds.
What is a tepee?
Type of shelter built from cedar tree planks.
What is a plank house?
How did the Iroquois pass down information of their history from generation to generation?
What is by story-telling? (example - Myths and legends)
What is turquoise?
Native Americans used this to make clothing.
What are animal skins or animal hides?
These big hairy creatures (distantly related to the present-day elephant) were hunted by us.
What are woolly mammoths?
The main natural resource that the Plains Indians depended on for survival.
What is buffalo (or bison)?
Temporary shelter that the Inuits lived in on the tundra.
What is an igloo?
Dome-shaped home built from bark and branches from birch trees?
What is a wigwam?
This practice allowed Indians to live in the drier desert climate by bringing water from a source such as a river or stream to the crops. Basically, they could farm in the desert!
What is irrigation?
Peoples who migrated to follow animal herds for their food source were called this.
What are nomads or nomadic?
Ancient Indians got their food from hunting animals and going out into the fields and forests to gather berries and other foods. We say that they were: ___?
What is hunters and gatherers?
Writing or pictures painted on cave walls, buffalo skins, or tepees to tell a story?
What are pictographs?
Form of artwork used by these Indians to tell a story about their family and kept outside the home.
What is a totem pole?
Home that was built from tree bark and poles. They were also very long and held several families from the same clan or tribe.
What is a longhouse?
Apartment-style houses often built into the sides of cliffs.
What are pueblos?
A specific group of Native American people from the same region.
What is a tribe or a clan?
The movement of people from one area to another to make a new home.
What is migration?
These Indians were known for taming this animal to ride to help them hunt the buffalo.
What are horses?
Staple food that the Northwest Pacific Indians both ate and traded. Hint: It is extremely healthy for you.
What is salmon?
Eastern Woodland Indians often made their canoes from this material because it was light enough to float and it was waterproof.
What is birch bark?
Clay, mud, and straw mixed together with water to create a substance used on the outside of pueblos and hogan dwellings.
What is adobe?
A Native American ceremony involving feasting, singing, and dancing.
What is a pow-wow?
The official name of the "land bridge" that we walked across thousands of years ago.
What is Beringia?
Two poles crossed like an A-frame and used to haul heavy loads by horse, dog, or person.
What is a travois? (pronounced Trah - voy)
The major natural resource used by these Indians to build their shelter.
What are trees (or cedar trees)?
Tribe that once called the land where our school sits their home.
Who were the Seneca?
Corn, beans, and squash.
What are the 3 sisters?