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Vocabulary
Coming and going
Roles
Economies and Environments
Miscellaneous
100
This is the set of beliefs and way of life.
culture
100
How do experts think ancient people first came to North America from Asia?
A land bridge
100
How were children regarded in Native American life?
Children were treasured and Native Americans believed children had a connection to the spirit world.
100
What type of economy did the Pueblo have? Their environment?
People grew food, grew cotton for clothes. They had dry land with little water or trees.
100
What was one major achievement of the ancient Maya civilization?
They made advanced writing and math; made an accurate calendar after charting the sun, moon, and stars.
200
This is to change over time to survive.
Adapt
200
What made it possible for people to stay in one place for longer periods of time?
Agriculture
200
What role did women usually have in Native American life?
Women gathered and prepared food. Women took care of the children. Women made clothes and household goods.
200
What type of economy did the Powhatans have? Their environment?
The Powhatans fished. They lived in woods with streams and rivers.
200
Which region did the Iroquois live? The Cherokee? Powhatan?
Northeast, southeast, woodlands
300
This is a group whose members share the same goals.
League
300
Why did early Native Americans spread throughout North America?
They were looking for food.
300
What was the role of men in Native American life?
Men hunted, fished, cleared land for farming, protected the community, and traveled on trading missions.
300
What type of economy did the Cheyenne and Lakota have? Their environment?
The Cheyenne and Lakota used the bison to meet their needs. Their environment was the Great Plains.
300
Which Native American nation formed a league?
The Iroquois-Haudenosaunee
400
Systems built to bring water to dry land.
Irrigation
400
What was brought by the Spanish that the Great Plains peoples began using in meeting their needs?
horses
400
Did Native American children have a childhood similar or different than yours? How so?
Teacher accepts reasonable answers.
400
What type of economy did the Maka and Nootka have in the Northwest? Their environment?
The Maka and Nootka depended upon the sea. They lived near the sea in forests.
400
What is true about many Native American religions?
Many religions believed animals and the Earth had spirits. It was important to seek their help and favor.
500
People who move often to search for food.
nomad
500
How did the Powhatan people use their environment to get around streams and rivers in their area?
Used large trees, burned and hollowed them out.
500
What did councils do in Native American life?
Councils were a formal system of government that made decisions.
500
How did Native American groups like the Pueblo, Californias, and Calusas change their environment to meet their needs?
The Pueblo built irrigation canals, the California people burned shrubs to grow grasses to attract deer and other animals, and the Calusa people made an island out of shells.
500
List two ways Native American culture is like ours and two ways they are different.
Teacher accepts reasonable answers.