The Earliest People
The name for a person who migrates from place to place, usually in search of food
nomad
What did the Tuscarora wear that most other Indians did not?
shirts
C- people of the river
These Indians were the main tribe of the Mountain region
Cherokee
These were the three most important crops grown by all Indians in North Carolina
corn, beans, squash
The name for a scientist who studies artifacts to figure out what life was like long ago
archaeologist
The Coastal people lived in rectangular houses called
longhouses
The people of the Piedmont did not live in rectangular houses, but in these kind of homes
round domes
Several generations of the same family lived in these types of houses in the summer
long houses
Name the three methods if getting food by the Indians
hunting, gathering, farming
The name of a tool that hunters used to throw spears farther
atlatal
Strings of beads made from seashells called wampum were used for this
money/trade
People of the Piedmont were skilled potters that used this to make all kinds of pottery
red clay
What caused the U.S. government to forced the Cherokee to be removed after 1829?
the discovery of gold on Cherokee land
How do you spell my name?
M O F F I T T
This brought about a major change in the lives of the early people, who now could spend less time hunting and gathering
agriculture/farming
People of the Coastal Plain used weirs and dug outs to catch fish. Weirs and dug outs are similar to what items that are used today?
nets and canoes
What would Waxhaw Indians do to flatten their male babies' heads because they believed it would spread their eyes farther apart and help them see at a greater distance when hunting?
strap a board to their head
Who owned the property and possessions in a Cherokee society?
The women
In the legend of the three sisters, this sister had silky blonde hair
the corn
This group of Coastal Plains Indians spoke Iroquoian language, not the Algonquian language of their neighbors.
Tuscarora
The main reason so many natives died after the European colonists arrived is due to what?
diseases
This Cherokee man developed a method of writing that made it possible for them to write and print their language
Sequoia
What was the name for the frozen bridge between Asia and North America?
Berengia