Vocabulary 1
What is a clan?
A group usually made of a family
Provide an example of second person narration
"You"
Who was Columbus?
Man who "discovered" America
Explorer
What is colonisation?
Stealing of land that is not yours
what is agriculture?
farming, growing food etc
What does this part of the text mean?
"Let’s un-build the buildings... and take the gray out of the air."
"unbuild the buildings" = go back into the past
"take the gray out" = remove the pollution
what was slash and burn agriculture?
they chopped down trees and then burned them, leaving behind fields ready for planting.
A wigwam is... ?
The name of their houses
Name TWO reasons why the natives move around so much?
-They moved with their animals
- Moved with the seasons
- Moved not to over use the dirt, if they did it would become no good for planting.
What is Algonquian?
Native language of America
Name 3 thing a long house was used for
A longhouse was used for people to live or meet, eat, tell stories, or plan war.
- tent or hut
- dome-shaped roof
- made from animal skins or tree bark
- OR made from tree bark
- held up by wooden poles.