Homes
a rectangular shelter built by the Iroquois
Longhouse
_______is the customs, beliefs, and creative arts of a group of people.
Culture
A frame used by Native Americans to carry babies on their backs is called a
Cradle Board
In what culture area did the Navajos and Pueblos live?
South West
An archaeologist is a person who looks for _____ in order to study past human cultures.
Artifacts
Navajo home that was dome-shaped and made of wooden poles, tree bark, and mud
Hogan
A spirit who the Pueblo people believed controlled objects of nature
Kachina
What suggests that the earliest Americans were hunters?
Clovis Points
In what culture area did the Cherokees live?
Southeast woodlands
What do Christians call God’s command for all people to fill the earth and rule over it?
Creation Mandate
American Indian village of the Southwest made of stone and adobe buildings built very close together
Pueblo
This tribe had a Great Council that made important decisions for all the people.
Iroquois
A Chumash canoe built from cedar and redwood planks and sealed with asphalt
Tomol
What does the name Nez Perce mean
Pierced nose
A Makah feast that often lasted several days in which the host gave gifts to his guests
Potlatch
special room in a pueblo that was set aside for religious activities
Kiva
This tribe used the game of stickball to settle arguments and for religious purposes.
Cherokee
A process of soaking, drying, and stretching hides to preserve them
Tanning
What did the Iroquois sometimes use as money?
Wampum
The first Americans may have come by crossing the Bering Strait.
True or false
True
A dome-shaped house made from blocks of snow and ice or sod that was built by the nomadic Inuits
Igloo
A large wooden statue of carved faces of creatures stacked on top of one another that symbolize the family’s ancestors
Totem Poll
A style of shelter the Cherokees built using sticks or river cane plastered with mud
Wattle and Daub
Their main source of food was the American bison, or the buffalo.
Sioux
Which Native American tribe lived in California?
Chumash