Vocab
Iroquois
Choctaw
Sioux
Pueblo
100
Tipi
Tent
100
What did the Iroquois live in?
Longhouses
100
What animal did the Choctaw hunt?
Deer
100
What did the Sioux men hunt?
Buffalo
100
What does the word pueblo mean in Spanish?
town
200
Permanent
Forever
200
How long did the Iroquois League keep peace?
For more than 200 years
200
What plants did the Choctaw grow?
corn, beans, and squash
200
What two things were important to the Sioux indians?
The buffalo and the sun
200
What was the weather like in the southwest?
hot and dry
300
Longhouse
long wooden Iroquois house
300
How many families lived in 1 longhouse?
10
300
What game did the Choctaw play?
lacrosse
300
Who made the tipis?
the women
300
What did the women make?
pottery and baskets
400
Harvest
Gathering food/crops
400
Who ruled the longhouse?
The women
400
What did the Choctaw celebrate?
Their harvests
400
What dance did the Sioux do?
The Sun Dance
400
What is a kachina?
a spirit
500
Adobe
Bricks made of straw and clay
500
Where would a woman move once she got married?
To her mother's longhouse
500
How did the Choctaw and Iroquois play lacrosse differently?
The Choctaw used two sticks. The Iroquois used 1 stick.
500
What did they use the buffalo parts for?
Skin = tipi and clothes Horns = cups, spoons, weapons Bones = weapons Hair = rope
500
What did they think the Kachinas could do?
Make it rain
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