Vocab 1
To adjust to a new situation
What is Adapt
Bricks made out of sun-dried clay, used by Indians of the Southwest to build thier homes.
What is adobe
Huge sheets of ice that form across the earth's surface during an ice age?
What are glaciers.
Tracing your family's history through your mother's side only?
What is matrilineal
One role of the Chief mother?
Could be one of many. Mrs. Fedele will decide if correct.
A group of longhouse families who were all realted to a common female to a common femaile ancestor.
What is a clan
The name of the place where scientists belive the first Americans crossed over into the American continent
What is the Bering Land Bridge
The Iroquois name for themselves, which means "people of the longhouse"?
Who are Haudenosaunee
The name of an Iroquois chief?
What is Sachem.
An alliance among the 5 Iroquois tribes which promoted cooperation among the nations?
What is the Leage of 5 Nations or Iroquois Confederacy.
Scientiest who examine objects left behind by people in the past (artifacts) in order to better understand past cultures.
Who are Archaeologists
A type of home made by Plains Indians, where buffalo skin was stretched across wooden poles to form a cone-shaped dwelling.
What is a tipi
The period of cooler weather and more snowfall when large parts of North America were covered by ice?
What is the Ice Age.
People who have no permanent home, but who instead wander in search of food?
Who are Nomads.
What is the worlds fastest land animal?
What is a cheetah
A people's way of life, which includes meeting basic needs like food, shelter, and clothing.
What is culture
What is the name of the 7th grade Vice Principal?
Who is Mrs. Preston
An area of treeless grasslands in North America, stretching from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains?
What are the Great Plains.
The movement of people or animals from one place to another?
What is migrate.
The two Iroquois leaders who formed the "League of Nations"?
Who were Hiawatha and Degandiwidah
The leader of an Iroquois longhouse
Who is Chief Mother
An Indian village of the Southwest, which could hod as many as 1,000 people?
Who are Pueblos
Which is the only American state to begin with the letter " P"?
What is Pennsylvania
Family members other than mother, father, sister, and brothers who lived together in one longhouse?
What is Extended family.
What instrument does Mr. West play?
What is the guitar