Key Terms
What does it mean to move from place to place in search of food or resources?
Nomadic or Migrate
What is the main tribe of the Arctic region?
Inuit
What is the name of the group of 5 nations that resided in the Eastern Woodland region?
Iroquois League
What is the name of the main tribe in the Southwest region?
Anasazi
How does Slash and burn agriculture alter the natural cycle of the forest?
Destroys homes of animals
What are the gift-giving ceremonies practiced by Northwestern tribes?
Potlatches
What was the name of the leader for tribes in the Arctic region?
Shaman
What is the name that the Iroquois called themselves AND what does it mean?
Haudenosaunee, people of the longhouses
The tribe in the Southwest have a only ___ council and they meet in what?
Male, Kiva
What are the names of the 5 nations in the League in the Eastern woodlands?
Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca
What is the term for the relating of descendants traced through the mother?
Matrilineal
The Arctic region can be known as present day ____ and ____. The Arctic is also known as what kind of Biome? (answer in order).
Alaska, Canada, Tundra
The Eastern Woodland region can be known as present day ____ state and south of _____.
New York, Lake Ontario
The Southwest region can be known as present day ___.
Colorado
What are the three civilizations that developed in Mesoamerica between 1200 BC and 1520 AD? In order please
Olmec, Maya, and Aztec
What is the term for a method of clearing fields for agriculture that involves setting fire & cutting existing trees & plants?
Slash and burn agriculture
What animals did a specific tribe in the Arctic region find as precious?
Dogs
A group of 5 nations in the Eastern Woodlands region is known for being the first what? Also what is the name of it?
Democracy, Iroquois Confederacy
The tribe in the Southwest are known as "___ ___" because they live on the side of mountains. What is the term?
Cliff dwellers
The 7 tribes that meet in the 7 fires council are known as what?
The Great Sioux Nation
What is the name for a Haudenosaunee leader & prophet who united the Six Nations circa late 14th century and early 15th century?
Hiawatha
What did tribes in the Arctic region do to get food and resources (2)? Also, what animals did they focus on for food (4)?
Ice fishing, hunting, reindeer, seals, walrus, and whale
What is the name of the 5 nations "Constitution" which forms the council made of fifty Sachems from each nation? Also, it is similar to what part of the US government?
Great Law of Peace, Congress
The tribe in the Southwest are known for their ____ & ____ for food, additionally _____ for trading. Please provide three examples each for the first two.
Farming corn squash and beans. Hunting elk, deer, rabbit and pronghorn. Pottery.
French and Indian, British and American