Culture and Traditions
What do we call the way of life shared by a group of people?
Which Indigenous group lived in the far northern regions of North America and built igloos?
The Inuit
What is one way people can change their environment to help grow crops?
Build irrigation canals
What was one role of a chief?
Helping guide the community and make important decisions
What does nomadic mean?
Moving from place to place rather than staying in one location
What are traditional ways of doing things that are passed down from generation to generation called?
customs
What region did the Pueblo Peoples live in?
The Southwest
Desert
What is irrigation?
Moving water to crops
What was a council?
A group that helped make decisions for the community
What does stationary mean?
Staying in one place
What is folklore?
Stories and traditions passed down through generations
What was the Bering Land Bridge important for?
It provided a possible route for the first people to migrate to North America.
Why were natural resources important to Indigenous communities?
They could use them for food, clothing, shelter, tools, and trade.
What evidence shows that women had some political power in some Indigenous societies?
Women could choose or remove men who sat on councils.
Which group was more likely to be nomadic: hunter-gatherers or farmers?
Hunter-gatherers
What was one important job of storytellers in Indigenous communities?
Passing history and traditions to younger generations
What are two possible routes scientists think the first people used to reach North America?
The Bering Land Bridge and the Pacific coast
Why might one Indigenous group have resources that another group did not?
They lived in different environments with different available resources.
Name one responsibility that men had in some Indigenous societies.
Hunting, fighting in war
How were hunter-gatherers and farmers different in where they lived?
Hunter-gatherers moved to follow resources, while farmers could stay in one place to grow crops.
Give two examples of things that can be part of a culture.
Art, government, beliefs, ways of making a living, language, traditions, etc.
Why did different Indigenous groups develop different ways of living?
They adapted to the environments and resources where they lived.
Why was irrigation especially important to the Pueblo Peoples?
They lived in the dry Southwest and needed water for farming.
How did the roles of people in Indigenous societies help their communities?
Different people had different responsibilities that helped the community survive and function.
Why might a hunter-gatherer group need to move from place to place?
To find food and other resources.