7.2.1 Northwest Coast Cultures
What is a Shaman?
A person who is believed to be able to help others communicate with the spirit world.
What is Adobe?
What was the central animal of the people of the great plains?
Buffalo
In the 1400s
What did the Algonquin live in?
Wigwams
What was a potlatch?
A gift-giving ceremony that tribes hosted to give away food and gifts to other communities.
What is a Kiva?
Circular shaped chambers in the ground used for ceremonies and social gatherings.
What was Buffalo used for? (List 2)
Where was Cahokia created? How many people did it support?
Cahokia was created in Southwest Illinois; Cahokia contained more than 30,000 people
What are Confederations?
Groups of Allies, who helped each other during war or hardship.
What animals were included on totem poles?
Animals in the region such as bears, whales, and eagles.
What was the Pueblo Bonito?
An impressive ancient Pueblo settlement located in Chaco Canyon in northern New Mexico.
What were the Great Plains?
A wide area of flat, windswept grasslands that stretched from Texas to Canada.
Why was Cahokia abandoned?
The city might've been weakened by less abundant crop production, disease, overpopulation, or warfare.
Which groups dominated the woodlands of the northeast?
The Algonquin and Iroquois
How long were the canoes?
60 feet long.
What did the Ancient Pueblo do by 1200?
They built a series of dwellings into the sides of cliffs at Mesa Verde.
What was the Sun Dance?
An annual celebration of drumming, dancing, singing, and praying for harmony among people.
What did Cahokians trade?
Cahokians traded freshwater pearls, silver, copper, beads, and pottery.
Which 5 tribes made up the Iroquois League?
Onondaga, Seneca, Mohawk, Oneida, and Cayuga.
Around A.D. 500
What happened after the ancient Pueblo abandoned Mesa Verde?
In the late 1800s, two local ranchers discovered the ruins and made it a national park.
What caused the near extinction of buffalo?
The Spanish introduced horses in the 1500s, and overhunting in the 1800s caused the near extinction of the buffalo.
What was the Rattler Frog Pipe?
An artifact that was found in a burial mound near Cahokia. It might have represented a shaman in an amphibian disguise.
Where did the Cherokee live in?
They lived in the forests of the present-day states of Georgia, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina.