Vocabulary 1
To move from place to place rather than living permanently in one location.
What is "nomadic"?
Lakota, Cheyenne, Comanche, Pawnee, Osage, Omaha, or Crow are a part of this region.
Tribes of the Great Plains.
What portable shelter is strongly associated with nomadic Plains peoples?
Teepee.
What animal was an extremely important food and resource for many Plains peoples?
Bison/buffalo.
Which environment had large open grasslands: the Great Plains or Eastern Woodlands?
Great Plains.
A group of people who share a culture, history, language, or traditions.
What is a “tribe”?
Which Plains nation became especially famous for its use of horses and life on the southern Plains?
Comanche.
Why were teepees useful for people who followed bison herds?
They could be taken down, transported, and rebuilt easily.
What three crops were known as the “Three Sisters”?
Corn, beans, and squash.
Why were many Plains peoples nomadic?
They moved to follow bison herds and other resources.
People in your family who lived before you.
What are “ancestors”?
Which group of Woodland peoples lived in the area surrounding Jamestown when the English arrived?
Powhatan.
What two types of homes did we learn about among Northeastern Woodland peoples?
Wigwams and longhouses.
Plains peoples used bison for much more than food. Name TWO other uses.
Hides/clothing/shelter, sinew, tools, weapons, containers, bones/horns, fat, fuel/buffalo chips, etc.
The Eastern Woodlands stretched roughly between which major river and ocean?
Mississippi River and Atlantic Ocean.
A relationship in which people or groups agree to join together.
What is an “alliance”?
True or False: “Woodland People” and “Plains People” each referred to one single tribe.
False, both regions were home to many different nations and cultures.
What type of home did some peoples of the Southwest build from materials such as stone and adobe?
Pueblos.
Why did different Indigenous peoples eat different foods depending on where they lived?
Different environments provided different plants, animals, and natural resources.
How did horses change life for many Plains peoples?
They made travel and bison hunting faster/easier and allowed people to move more efficiently.
Not supporting either side.
What does “neutral” mean during a conflict?
Hopi, Zuni, Taos, and Acoma.
Tribes of the Southwest.
What type of houses did many Southeastern Woodland peoples build?
Wattle-and-daub houses.
Why were the Three Sisters useful when planted together?
The plants helped one another grow; for example, beans could climb corn and squash helped protect/moisten the soil.
What BIG IDEA connects all three books: West, Plains, and East?
People adapted to their environments and used the resources available to them.