Inuit/Pacific Northwest
The Inuit name for a house (they lived in the Artic region)
What is Igloo?
The Plains tribes primary housing
What is a tipi?
The name for the small, oval housing of the Eastern Woodlands tribes
What is a wigwam?
The belief that everything has a spirit
What is Animism?
Many Native Americans were this, people who travel from place to place and don't live in a permanent location
What is a nomad?
The method of travel the Inuits used to cover long distances over land
What are dogsleds?
The Spanish introduced these animals to the Plains tribes, which greatly enhanced their ability to hunt buffalo
What are horses?
Many Eastern Woodland tribes were this, which means they received their inheritance through their mother's line
What is matrilineal?
A person who communicates with spirits for the benefit of the tribe is known as this
What is a shaman?
People who are native to an area are known as this
What is indigenous?
The kind of tree used in the Pacific Northwest to build longhouses and totem poles
What is cedar?
The kind of farming done by some Southwest tribes where they grew just enough to eat
What is subsistence farming?
Corn, beans, and squash were known by this nickname by the Iroquois tribes
What are the "Three Sisters"?
Many Eastern Woodland tribes believed in a supreme being who governed nature, called this
What is the "Great Spirit"?
The arts, beliefs, laws, behavior, etc. of a group of people
What is culture?
The dry, freezing, treeless landscape where the Inuit lived
What is tundra?
The name for the brick made out of dried mud used as a building material in the Southwest tribes
What is adobe?
The name for the wooden posts that served a protective function around Eastern Woodland villages
What is a stockade?
This was the ritual of initiation for young men in the Plains tribes
What is the Sun Dance?
Someone who is a great speaker has these skills
What is oratory?
A feast of celebration where people would give away there belongings, common in Pacific Northwest tribes
What is a potlatch?
This was the name for the villages of some Southwest tribes
What are pueblos?
What crop is maize also known as?
what is corn?
Many Southwest tribes used this to teach children about the spirits
What is a Kachina Doll?
Someone who is wealthy is considered to be this
What is affluent?