Special Drums
Animal Dancers
In Step with the Drum
Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
100

The most important musical instrument used in ceremonies is _____. 

a. a flute 

b. a drumstick 

c. a small drum

d. a big drum

d. a big drum

100

Some Native Americans say that animals taught people to _____. 

a. dance 

b. hunt 

c. sing 

d. love 

a. dance

100

Why is the drum the "heart of a naive powwow"? 

a. It looks like a human heart. 

b. It beats in a steady rhythm . 

c. It was made by Native Americans. 

d. It is used at dances.  

b. It beats in a steady rhythm .

100

Jump across or over.


Leap

100

A member of a North American people of Arizona, Utah, and New Mexico.

Navajo

200

Which word means about the same as special?

a. outstanding 

b. dull

c. ordinary

d. scarce 

a. outstanding

200

The tops of drums were made from ______. 

a. animal fur 

b. feathers 

c. porcupine quills 

d. animal skins 

d. animal skins 

200

The dancers need the drum to have ____. 

a. a loud beat 

b. a soft beat 

c. a happy beat 

d. a steady beat 

d. a steady beat

200

throw (something) somewhere lightly, easily, or casually.


Tossed

200
A member of an indigenous people living in a vast area of central Canada.

Cree

300

Giant drums are ______ . 

a. just used to make music 

b. not very special 

c. special objects 

d. like small drums 

c. special objects

300

Which word means the same as honor?

a. learn 

b. harm 

c. respect 

d. love 

c. respect

300

Which word means about the same as  powwow

a. culture 

b. heart

c. ceremony 

d. spirit 

c. ceremony

300

A small country house occupied in season for sports such as hunting, shooting, fishing, and skiing.

Lodge

300

A member of an Algonquian people formerly living between the Missouri and Arkansas Rivers but now on reservations in Montana and Oklahoma.

Cheyenne

400

The drum keeper _____. 

a. takes care of the big drum 

b. takes care of all of the tribes's drums 

c. plays the big drum alone 

d. owns the big drum 

a. takes care of the big drum

400

Which group of words relates to costumes native dancers wore? 

a. leap, swoop, toss

b. quills, fur, feathers

c. movement, stretch, wriggle

d. trees, grass, streams 

b. quills, fur, feathers

400

When do most powwows take place?

a. spring 

b. summer 

c. fall 

d. winter 

b. summer

400

A North American Indian ceremony involving feasting, singing, and dancing.

Powwow

400
A member of a North American people of western South Dakota.

Lakota

500

Special Native American ceremonies are called ____. 

a. dances

b. powwows 

c. drum ceremonies 

d. drum festivals 

b. powwows

500

How did native people give thanks for the gift of life? 

a. by beating drums and dancing 

b. by hunting 

c. by not killing animals 

d. by giving presents to each other 

a. by beating drums and dancing

500

What are the Crow, Lakota, Cree , and Navajo?

a. Native American tribes 

b. the spirits of ancestors 

c. kinds of dance costumes 

d. kinds of powwows 

a. Native American tribes

500

A social division in a traditional society consisting of families or communities linked by social, economic, religious, or blood ties, with a common culture and dialect, typically having a recognized leader.

Tribe/s

500
A member of any of the indigenous peoples of North, Central, and South America, especially those indigenous to what is now the continental US.


Native Americans