Vocabulary Words
Indian Tribes
Types of homes used by the First Americans
Words to know
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100

Name a natural resource.


water, trees, grass, animals, etc

100

This Indian tribe hunted buffalo for their main source of food, shelter, clothing, and tools

Lakota

100

This type of home is made from blocks of ice

Igloo

100

What is a potlatch?

A party or celebration

100

What was the climate like for the Inuit People?

Cold, freezing year around

200

What is an artifact?

An object made by humans long ago

200

Which Indian Tribe hunted whales as their main source of food, shelter, and clothing?

Inuit

200

This shelter is made from poles and buffalo hide. They can be easily taken down and moved

Teepee

200

Where does the word kayak come from?

The Inuit tribe

200

Why was it hard for the Pueblo people to grow food and crops?

They lived in the Southwest where it's hot and dry

300

What is an archaeologist?

Someone who studies past cultures and human behaviors of the past by looking at artifacts

300

Which tribe lived in Adobe homes?

Pueblo

300

This Indian group made plank houses made from cedar trees and would set a totem out front to tell about their family

Kwakiutl

300

What is a kiva?

A round room used for prayer by the men of the Pueblo tribe 

300

What game still played today did the Iroquois tribe invent to sharpen their fighting skills?

Lacrosse

400

Name a human resource.


farmer, cook, fisherman, hunter, etc.

400
Which Indian tribe was given a name by the French meaning "real snakes"?

Iroquois

400

This type of home is made from red clay, water, and grass shaped into bricks harden by the sun

Adobe/Pueblo

400

What tribes real name is Haudenosaunee?

Iroquois

400

How did the Kwakiutl measure wealth?

By how much you could give away

500

Give an example of a capital resource.

canoe, spears, fishing pole, shelter, bow and arrow, etc


500

What Indian tribe believed they came across the continent as animals then changed to their human form?

Kwakiutl

500
Iroquois built this type of home out of poles covered with tree bark. They could be as long as 2 school buses.

Longhouse

500
What does the word Lakota mean?

friend or ally

500

What is the oldest archaeological site in North America? 

Hint: It's in Virginia

Cactus Hill

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