Southwest
steep-sided, flat topped hills or mountains
What is a mesa?
Women owned these and Hodenosaunee families lived in them
What are longhouses?
flat or rolling lands covered in grass
What are prairies?
the design and use of tools to solve problems; the Tlingit used it to build dams and canoes
What is technology?
cone shaped tents made by leaning long poles together
What are teepees?
The name for both a Hopi village and the Native American people they are part of
What is pueblo?
This group of Hodensaunee chose the council members
What are clan mothers?
the homes that Plains people lived in that were made of logs covered with grasses, sticks, and soil, with a fireplace in the center
What were lodges?
The most important part of the Tlingit diet
What is salmon?
What is dry farming (or irrigation)?
How Hopi children learned about their culture
What are kachina dolls?
The group the Hodenosaunee nations formed to create peace
What is the Iroquois League?
A sled-like device used for carrying people and belongings
What was a travois?
artwork placed in front of the community house to decorate it, was also used to tell stories through symbols or if a couple got married
What are totem poles?
a type of clay that Hopi homes are made from
What is adobe?
A round structure used for religious ceremonies
how the Penobscot (who lived in the mountains of Maine) survived instead of farming
What is hunting?
the special stick used to show courage by touching an enemy without killing him
What is a coup stick?
a special feast at which the guests receive gifts
What are potlatches?
What is New York?
Navajo dwellings that are dome shaped made of stick frames that are covered with mud or sod
What are hogans?
A belt of necklace made of small polished beads made from shells that was used in ceremonies or as a gift
What was wampum?
a special calendar used by the Lakota to keep track of important events
What is the winter count?
Salmon were important to the Tlingit and their way of life was threated when these were opened
What are fish canneries?
What Deganawida and Hiawatha developed that the Constitution may have been based on
What is the Great Law?