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Vocabulary
First Americans
Empires of the New World
Cultural Regions
Miscellaneous
100
corn / maize
What is the first important grain farmed by Native Aamericans?
100
The Native American group that Benjamin Franklin gives credit to as having the idea of a central government while reserving all other powers for the "states".
What is the Iroquoian League of Nations?
100
The Taino Indians
What is the tribe of Indians that died out within 60 years of Columbus' first voyage?
100
Aleuts and Inuit
What are the names of the two tribes found in the Arctic Region?
100
barbecue, caribou, chipmunk, hammock, skunk, hurricane
What are modern words that came from Native American tribes?
200
artifacts
What are objects that give evidence or show how people lived?
200
carnations, daffodils, daisies, dandelions, and tulips
What are flower species that did not exist in the Americas before 1492?
200
San Salvador, Samana Cay, or Plana Cays in what is now the Bahamas
Where did Christopher Columbus first land?
200
The environment teemed with animal, sea and plant life. Food was so plentiful, there was no need to farm.
What is the Northwest Coast Region?
200
Choctaw, Seminole, Cherokee, Chickasaw and Natchez
Who were the Native American Tribes removed in the Trail of Tears? Bonus: What geographic area were these tribes located in?
300
culture
What is a total way of life or how people live?
300
black-eyed Susans, marigolds, petunias, poinsettias, and sunflowers
What are flower species that did not exist in Europe before 1492?
300
Isabella in Hispaniola (Dominican Republic), Santo Domingo in New Spain (present day New Mexico, St. Augustine, San Mateo and San Marcos (present day Florida)
What are some of the earliest settlements by Europeans in the Americas? (1496, 1598, 1565)
300
The people who lived here were called "diggers" because they had to dig in the ground for most of their food.
What is the Great Basin Region?
300
This period had the Spanish government "re-educating" Native Americans and introducing them to Christianity.
What is the Mission Period?
400
potlach
What is a feast when the host family gives valuable gifts to the community?
400
Nomadic
What are people called who move from place to place for food?
400
Roanoac
What is the tribe that existed in the Chesapeake Bay, North Carolina region for which Roanoke Island and which the lost colony of Roanoke are named ?
400
One of the largest nations called the Pueblos, included the Hopi and Zuni in this "four corners" area.
What is the Southwest Region?
400
This played a huge role in the development of Native American culture as Native Americans migrate throughout the Americas.
What is Geography?
500
Iroquois League
What is the first representative form of government in North America?
500
Mound Builders and Anasazi
What are the two major Native American cultures living in the present-day United States?
500
Algonquins
What is the name of Powhatan and Pocahontas' tribe that helped John Smith and the people of Jamestown?
500
Called the land of many rivers, salmon was the main source of food. People built home underground during the winter and in framed huts during the summer.
What is the Plateau Region?
500
What was the name of the concept that Europeans brought to the Americas that the Native Americans had a hard time accepting and led to conflict between the two groups?
What is private property?