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100

Describe an Archeologist

a person who looks for and studies artifacts to learn about the way ancient people lived

100

Name the tribe that lived in the Artic region

Inuits

100
Describe an igloo​​​​

a dome-shaped house made of blocks of snow and ice or sod that was built by the nomadic Inuits

100

God created the Earth so people could do whatever they please

False

God calls His people to protect our natural resources and rule over the Earth 

100

Describe an artifact

a man-made object left behind by people of the past

200

Give a definition for culture

the customs, beliefs, and creative arts of a group of people

200

Name the tribe that lived in the Plateau region

Nez Perces

200

Describe a longhouse

a rectangular shelter built by the Iroquois

200

The Iroquois sometimes used wampum as money

True

Wampum is a bead that was sometimes used as money in the Iroquois tribe

200

Describe a totem pole

a large wooden statue with a series or carved faces of creatures stacked on top of one another that symbolize the family's ancestors; stood in front of many Makah homes

300

Describe the wattle and daub

These shelters were small huts made of sticks or river cane plastered with mud

300

Name the tribe that lived in the California region

Chumash

300

Describe a pueblo

an American Indian village of the Southwest made of stone and adobe buildings built very close together

300

The clovis point was a location where Native Americans met and worshipped spirits

False

The clovis point suggested that Native Americans hunted for food

300

Give a definition for migrate

to move from one region to another

400

Describe kachina

an ancestral spirit that the Pueblo people believed could control objects in nature

400

Name the tribe that lived in the Pacific Northwest region

Makahs

400

Describe a hogan

A Navajo home that was dome-shaped and made of wooden poles, tree bark, and mud

400

French settlers named the Nez Perces tribe because of their pierced noses

True

The French settlers recalled the Nez Perces tribe to have pierced their noses

The people of the Nez Perces tribe argue and say that they do not pierce their noses

400

Describe wampum

Beads that were sometimes used as money with the Iroquois tribe

500

Describe potlatch

a Makah feast that often lasted several days in which the host gave gifts to his guests

500

Name the tribes that lived in the Southwest region

Navajos and Pueblos

500

Give a definition for kiva

a special room in a pueblo that is set aside for religious activities 

500

Shamanism has the same beliefs as Christanity

False

Shamanism worshipped the things that God created instead of the one true God

500
What is the Creation Mandate?
the command given by God for man to fill the Earth and to rule over it
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