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Native Amer. Life
Vocabulary
Grab Bag
100
What three tribes are part of the Three Fires tribes?
Odawa, Ojibway, Potowatomi
100
What types of homes did the Three Fires make?
Wigwams
100
Who taught Native American children?
They learned by watching their parents.
100
Tell one thing invented by the Native Americans.
Canoe, snowshoe, toboggan
200
Where did the Hopewell bury their dead?
Mounds
200
Name two foods given to us by the tribes.
Corn, squash, pumpkins, tobacco, wild rice
200
What does migrate mean?
To move
200
How did the tribes get maple sugar?
They collected sap from a maple tree and boiled it down.
300
Name one native american legend you studied this chapter?
Legend of the Sleeping Bear, Song of Hiawatha
300
Name two types of homes built by Native Americans.
Wigwams and longhouses
300
What would be something that would push or pull someone to or away from an area?
war, disease, food, better land, water
300
Which tribe lived in our area of the state in the 1700s?
The Potawatomi
400
What did archaeologists find to show that the Hopewell traded for faraway things?
Seashells
400
Name three things from nature used by Native Americans.
They used animal skin and meat, stones, bones, and plants.
400
What does Michigan mean?
Big lake or great lake
400
Tell one push and one pull that could get a tribe to move their home during the winter.
Milder weather, less wind from the water, protection from the forest
500
What things did the Hopewell leave in their mounds?
Arrowheads, clay pots, seashells, jewelry, tools
500
What are two reasons the tribes told legends?
They told legends to explain things they did not understand, to teach their people's history, and to teach rules or lessons to live by.
500
Who wrote down native american legends?
Henry and Jane Schoolcraft
500

What did the Three Fires tribes have in common?

They shared a language, lived in the same kind of homes, and did things the same way.