Vocab
What is a method of channeling water in order to grow crops in dry land?
Irrigation System
What is the Hopi's staple crop?
Corn
What was life like in the Southwest region?
Very dry
The Comanche government had different leaders for _________ and ____________
war and peace
What present day state did the Haudenosaunee live in?
New York
What is a main crop or food called?
A staple
What region did the Hopi people live in?
Southwest
Describe what a mesa is
like small plateaus with steep sides and flat tops
What were the leaders of the Comanche groups called?
Chiefs
How many nations made up the Haudenosaunee?
6
What is an American Indian dwelling that several families lived in
A lodge
What did the Hopi people use to make pots?
Clay
Where in America are the Great Plains located?
Throughout the center of North America (stretches from Texas into Canada)
The Comanche people owned many __________. This made it easier to travel.
Horses
Who chose the chiefs of the Haudenosaunee groups?
Clan mothers
What is a sled-like carrier pulled by a dog or horse
A travois
The Hopi people were also known as ___________
Pueblo Indians
What was life like in the Eastern Plains?
What was life like in the Western Plains?
Western: Dry = Not as much farming
Eastern: More rainfall = more farming
Approximately when did the Comanche people start riding and raising horses?
the 1600s
What did the Haudenosaunee barter in exchange for blankets and knives?
fur
What is an organization of groups that band together to form a type of government.
A confederation
What were their robes and blankets made out of?
Cotton
How did people of the Western plains get food?
They hunted buffalo
The Comanche people were Nomads. True or False?
True
What were the Haudenosaunee also known as?
Iroquois