Vocabulary
After the ____________, the people would store the food for winter, and let the land rest for several years before replanting.
harvest
According to the land bridge theory, from which continent did early people come into North America?
Asia
Which natural resource was most important to people of the Eastern Woodlands and the Northwest Coast?
Wood
What was the major purpose of the Iroquois League?
to resolve conflicts among people and groups
Which group cut down only as many trees as needed to continue their way of life?
- Hopi, Navajo, Pacific Northwest peoples, OR Eastern Woodlands peoples
Pacific Northwest peoples
This region is mainly made up of hills and flat, grassy stretches of land called ______________.
Prairies
How did the Hohokam adapt to the climate of the Southwest?
They built homes partly underground
After water, what was the most important natural resource for the Plains people?
Buffalo
After the Spanish came to the Americas, how did the Navajo obtain most of their meat?
They raised farm animals like sheep and cattle.
Which group celebrated kachinas believed to bring rain and the growing season?
- Hopi, Navajo, Pacific Northwest peoples, OR Eastern Woodlands peoples
Hopi
potlatch
What is the main reason that early peoples in the Americas began to live in larger, more settled villages?
They developed agriculture
What other resources did the Northwest Coast people have that were important to their economy?
- Salmon, Whales, Wood
Besides hunting buffalo, in what other important way did the Plains peoples most clearly use horses?
They used them to carry goods
Which group let land rest for several years before replanting it?
- Hopi, Navajo, Pacific Northwest peoples, OR Eastern Woodlands peoples
Eastern Woodlands peoples
Many peoples practiced a type of farming called _________________
Slash-and-burn
Why did the economy of Native Americans living in the Arctic cause families to band together?
When food was scarce, the families shared seal meat.
Since there were no trees, they learned how to build shelters out of what they did have: ice, seal skins, and sod.
Why were trees more important to people of the Northwest Coast and the Eastern Woodlands than they were to the Plains people?
They used them for shelter, tools, and transportation. The plains did not have forests, so they adapted and used the resources they had
Which group held ceremonies to restore harmony with the Earth?
- Hopi, Navajo, Pacific Northwest peoples, OR Eastern Woodlands peoples
Navajo
“If a nation, part of a nation, or more than one nation within the Five Nations should in any way __________ to destroy the Great Peace by neglect or violating its laws and resolve to dissolve the Confederacy, such a nation or such nations shall be deemed guilty of treason and called enemies of the Great Peace.”
Endeavor
Use your book to find this answer:
What chief has a major city named after him, and worked to keep peace between his people and the European settlers?
Chief Seattle
What kinds of natural resources were used to build each of the following shelters-tepees, longhouses, and pueblos?
Tepees - animals skins over wooden poles
Longhouses - trees
Pueblos - Adobe bricks
Summarize the role women played in Iroquois society.
Women were the leaders of their clans. They decided how the land would be used and who would use it. When a couple was married the man would move in with the woman and her extended family. Children took their clan name from their mother. No important decision could be made without the approval of the clan mother, and they chose the male leaders of the village.
Name one culture and three ways that they adapted to their unique climate and resources that they had there.
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