Early Migration
The movement of people or animals from one region to another is called...
Migration
An above ground house made of a heavy clay called adobe is called...
Pueblo
What did Native Americans use to carve totems?
tall, wooden poles
The climate and landscape that surround living things is called..
Environment
What is the name for a culture known for building large earthen mounds?
Mound builders
What is a name for a cone-shaped shelter?
teepee
A group’s set of common values and traditions is called a....
culture
One of the early farm cultures in the Southwest was called:
Anasazi
When a culture traces their ancestry through their mothers, not their fathers this is called:
Matrilineal
Paleo-Indians were ___________________ who lived by hunting animals and gathering wild plants.
hunter-gatherers
What is the name for an underground ceremonial chamber at the center of each Anasazi community?
Kivas
Name one of the five Iroquois nations.
Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca—
Who crossed the Bering Land Bridge into Alaska between 38,000 and 10,000 BC?
Paleo-Indians
The earliest people in North America were:
hunter-gatherers
Five Iroquois nations—the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca—formed a political alliance called the:
Iroquois League