Pueblo Life
Pueblo Culture and Religion
The Navajos
The Apaches
Mixed Review
100

The Pueblo Indians lived in multistoried buildings called what?

What is Pueblos

100

What structure was the center of Pueblo religious life?

What is a Kiva

100

The Navajo word "Dine" means what?

What is The People

100

What did the Apaches and Navajos both originally have in common?

What is they were Nomadic

100

The Pueblo used which two animals for domestic purposes?

What is Dogs and Turkeys

200

T/F

All Pueblo peoples spoke the same language.

What is False

200

The Pueblo religion is based on worshipping many Gods. What is it called?

What is Polytheistic

200

What type of house did the Navajo live in?

What is Hogan

200

The Mescalero Apaches were named after what plant?

What is Mescal

200

What are the Five Pueblo language groups?

What is Zuni, Keresan, Tiwa, Tewa, and Towa

300

What material did Rio Grande Valley pueblos use to build their homes?

What is Adobe

300

Who were the spirits of ancestors that acted as messengers to the gods?

What is Kachinas

300

From which group did the Navajos learn farming?

What is The Pueblo Indians

300

What type of temporary homes did the Chiricahua Apaches build?

What is Wikiups

300

What are the three main crops Pueblo farmers grew?

What is corn, beans, squash

400

Pueblo buildings were built to face which direction for warmth?

What is South

400

What months did Pueblo ceremonies focus on growing crops and rain?

What is summer

400

What is the name of the Navajo Medicine Man?

What is Shaman

400

What did the Apache Shaman use to help cure the sick?

What is Supernatural powers granted by the Gahan (mountain spirits)

400

Which society traces family through mothers?

What is Matrilineal

500

Name two reasons why Pueblo homes had no outside doorways on the lower floors.

What is For protection and to store food

500

What was the main social unit in Pueblo society, made up of blood relatives?

What is Clan

500

What was destroyed after each sand painting ceremony and why?

What is the Sand Painting: to release its power and prevent misuse

500

Which Apache group lived in northeastern New Mexico and practiced some farming?

What is the Jicarilla Apaches

500

What does "dry farming" mean?

What is Farming in areas with little rainfall