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Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Farming Indian Style
People
This and That
100
an legal agreement with the government
What is a treaty
100
scientists who study people through artifacts
What is an archaeologist?
100
Who were the first farmers in Iowa?
Native American women
100
Sioux chief involved with the Spirit Lake Massacre
Who is Inkpaduka?
100
Which tribe was the last to leave Iowa?
Sioux
200
people with no permanent home
What is a nomad?
200
a Native American celebration and homecoming
What is a pow wow?
200
Why does corn grow so well in Iowa?
It's a giant grass plant
200
Sauk chief who fought for his home
Who is Black Hawk?
200
Which tribe still lives in Iowa, and owns their own land?
Mesquakie
300
money you owe to others
What is debt?
300
your relatives from the past
What is an ancestor?
300
Where did corn come from?
Mexico
300
Sauk chief who cooperated with the government
Who is Keokuk?
300
Who built the Effigy Mounds? Where are they? What are they?
Moundbuilder, ancient burial mounds in the shape of animals, McGregor Iowa
400
the right to own or use something
What are property rights?
400
an area of land that is held by the government for Native Americans
What is a reservation?
400
What crops did Native Americans plant?
corn, beans, squash
400
Lakota Sioux who defeated General Custer at the Battle of Little Bighorn
Who is Sitting Bull?
400
Who was the woman who wrote "A Century of Dishonor" and stood up for the Native American?
Helen Hunt Jackson
500
things made by earlier cultures and civilizations
What are artifacts?
500
an area land that the Native Americans own and have control of
What is a settlement?
500
What was the most important crop of Native Americans?
corn
500
Nez Perce chief who surrendered to troops 30 miles from Canada after his people were nearly wiped out.
Who is Chief Joseph?
500
Why were the first people of Iowa nomadic and lived in groups?
They needed to follow the animals and they needed many men to bring them down.