The Dakota
The Ojibwe
Vocabulary
Historical Terms
European Colonization
100

The Dakota Traditionally lived in these cone-shaped dwellings.

Tipi

100

Ojibwe traditionally lived in...

Wigwams

100

The custom of telling stories about the histories and legends of a group in order to teach about that culture.

Oral Tradition

100

The material on which a judgment or conclusion may be based is...

Evidence

100

The first Europeans to start the "Age of Exploration" in 1492 were the...

Spanish

200

The Dakota believed which creature to be sacred, as it provided them with most of their needs?

Buffalo (Bison)

200

The Ojibwe became powerful because of their migration across what major waterways?

The Great Lakes

200

A round dwelling made out of poles and saplings and covered with sheets of birchbark or woven mats.

Wigwam

200

Seasonal movement from one region to another is called...

Migration

200

The first Europeans to explore up the Mississippi River, and land in Minnesota, were the....

French

300

Which animals, that had escaped from Spanish conquistadors, were used by the Dakota to make them great warriors?

Horses

300

Which European colonists eventually became allies with the Ojibwe?

The French

300

A village location during spring, when Dakota made sugar from maple sap.

Sugar camp
300

Any object made, used, or altered by humans is called...

An artifact

300

The first British colony in the "New World" was called...

Jamestown

400

An older member of the Dakota tribe who is respected for his or her knowledge and wisdom was called...

An elder

400

Ojibwe made profits by selling animal skins that had been cleaned, stretched, and dried called...

pelts

400

A rectangular house made with poles and covered with large overlapping strips of bark.

Bark house

400

A scientist who studies past human life and activities by examining physical evidence such as tools, fire pits, and ruins from dwellings is called...

An archaeologist

400

Modern-day Brazil was colonized by which European power?

Portugal

500

Wohoda was a Dakota word meaning....

Respect and courtesy

500

More Ojibwe moved west to Minnesota after their defeat in which war between France and Britain?

7 Years War (French and Indian War)

500

Dakota word meaning extended families including cousins, aunts and uncles.

Tiyospaye

500

While most of the world calls it "The Seven Years War" people in American history tend to call it...

The French and Indian War

500

Which European power tried to make alliances with many Native Americans, including the Ojibwe in Minnesota?

France