Ice Age and Tribes
Anasazi and Mound Builders
Houses
Vocabulary
Bonus!
100
What is the name of the ice/land bridge that the earliest Americans used to cross into North America?
Beringia
100
The Anasazi were also known as the ___________ ___________________ because of where they lived
cliff dwellers
100
What kind of structure do Inuit live in?
Igloo
100
What is the name for the soft lights that appear in the sky caused by a reflection of sunlight?
Northern Lights
100
What are the three sisters?
Corn, squash and beans
200
The Earliest Americans were called this..... it explains the way they got food.
hunter-gatherers
200
The Creek people's ancestors were the __________ ______________
Mound Builders
200
This structure is made from poles tired together to make a dome and bark and reeds to make the walls.
Wigwam
200
Please define ancestor"
An ancestor is a relative from a long time ago
200
Which states make up The Four Corners?
Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona
300
What are the people that brought horses to America?
The Spanish
300
What happened to the Anasazi?
Know one really knows.
300
The Apache and Comanche live in tents made from this animal hide.
buffalo
300
What is a deep valley between mountains called? Usually cut through the rock by river water.
Canyon
300
Why did Hopi build their pueblos on tpo of hills?
to protect them from enemy attacks
400
The Inuit hunted these animals...
seals, walrus, and polar bear (whales as well)
400
What does Anasazi mean?
"the ancestors who are not us" or "enemy ancestors"
400
The Hopi built what kind of structure on top of mesas to protect them from enemy attacks?
pueblos
400
The Spanish word for "table" that is a rocky flat-topped hill.
Mesa
400
What does "bury the hatchet" mean?
to agree to stop fighting
500
What is the name of the Native American who created a writing system for the Cherokee language. A tree is named in his honor.
Sequoyah
500
What happened to the Mound Builders?
They died when Europeans arrived carrying diseases.
500
The Mound Builders built there houses on top of what?
Hills or Mounds
500
What is the name for a group of people that are believed to be descended from a common ancestor?
Clan
500
What does Hopi mean?
the peaceful people
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