Native American Homes
Native American Groups
Vocabulary
Tribal info
Units 1&2
100

This kind of home was built by the pueblo Indians. It was made of stone and mud and stood several stories high.

What is adobe?

100

This tribe was located on the east coast, and Eastern Woodlands. They would hunt dear, and farm the three sisters. 

What is Iroquois?

100

Describe what a capital resource is (50 points) 

Give a Native American example of a capital resource (50 points) 

Capital resources are the man-made tools, equipment, and infrastructure that are used to produce goods and services.


example: bow and arrows  

100

What were the three sisters? 

Why were they called the three sisters? 

Corns, beans, and squash. 

Called the three sisters because they grew together. The beans climbed up the corn stalk, while the squash leaves provided shade for the corn to grow with no weeds around. 

100

The people of the Lakota tribe used this part of the buffalo to carry water from the river to the teepee.

What is a bladder ?

200

This kind of home was build by the iroquois tribe. It was long and made out of branches. It could house 20 or more people. 

What is a longhouse?

200

This tribe lived in the Artic Reagion, near the Artic Ocean. They ate fish, seals, and whales. They made their clothes from animal skins with fur and duck feathers. They needed their clothes to stay warm.

What is Inuit?

200

What is a human resource? 100 pts. 

Provide a Native American example of a human resource. (100 pts.) 

a human resource is a person who provides a job, or service. 

example: hunter, farmer, fisherman. 

200

Which tribes never ate bread or corn? 

Kwakiutl, Inuit, and Lakota

Kwakiutl ate berries, fish, bear

Lakota ate buffalo

Inuit ate seal, fish, whale and bear

200

Give me an example of a secondary source.

textbook, biography, research essay , video made years later about historical event. 

300

A cone-shaped tent, usually covered with animal skins, is used as a home, especially by the Lakota of the Great Plains.

What is a tipi?

300

This tribe was from the southwest. They ate corn, beans and squash. The tribes that lived close to the Colorado River farmed, while the ones further from the river hunted. Their clothes were made from wool and animal skins. Their houses were made of mud. 

What is Pueblo?

300

What is an artifact? Give an example. 

An object made or modified by a human being, typically one of cultural or historical interest.

"The artifacts include pottery, bones, metals, beads, and stone tools."

300

Which tribe escaped their enemies by climbing up a ladder to the top level of their home and then pulling up the ladder so their enemies could not follow?

Pueblo

300
Name this region: High jagged peaks, snow-capped mountain tops, and contains the continental divide. 

Rocky Mountain

400

A temporary house made of blocks of snow or ice in the form of a dome used by the Inuit tribe.

What is an igloo?

400

This tribe lived on the great plains. This tribe relied on the buffalo for food, shelter, clothing and tools. This tribe did not farm, they only hunted. 

What is Lakota ?

400

What does it mean to adapt to your environment? 

To survive in the surrounding environment by using the natural resources available to live and thrive. 

Example: learning how to make an igloo out of ice to have shelter in the Arctic winter. 

400

Which tribe lived in the same geographic region as Pocahontas? 

Iroquios 

400

Which animal on the totem poles represents strength, courage, wisdom, and prestige, symbolizing a connection to the spiritual world? They can also signify peace and leadership. 

Eagles

500

Many Kwakiutls lived in these wooden structures made from cedar wood. 

What are plankhouses?

500

This tribe was from the northwest. They had access to the Pacific Ocean, so they ate a lot of fish and whales. They also had access to huge forests with lots of trees. They used these trees to make clothing as well as their plankhouses.

What is the Kwakiutl?

500
What did the Kwakiutl tribe make out of cedar wood that recorded stories and were part of religious ceremonies?

What is a totem pole ?

500

Which two tribes were the only ones out of the 5 we studied that farmed? 

Pueblo and Iroquois 

500

Archeologists found an arrowhead in Cactus,Virginia. What did they call this style of arrowhead?

Clovis

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