Map Skills
What region is hot and dry?
Southwest
What do we say when your body is just too tired to work well?
weary
what do we call quick, short steps? Think of birds.
Scuttle
What kind of doll is given to Native Hopi children?
Kachina
What does it mean to irrigate your fields?
To divert water to them instead of just rain.
What region is cold, icy and harsh?
Arctic or Subarctic
What did Native Americans call jerky?
Pemmican
What kind of family includes mom, dad, children, cousins, aunts, uncles and grandparents?
extended family
What do we call animals who are startled and suddenly start running away in a big group? Think buffalo or horses.
Stampede
Why might natives of the southwest want to live high up on a plateau or mesa?
They could see when predators or enemies were coming. (safety)
What region is warm and easy to grow crops?
Southeast
What do we call the act of growing crops?
farming
What is a piece of clothing worn over your shoulders? Remember how we compared it to a super hero cape?
cloak
What do we call the 3 plants corn, beans and squash?
Three Sisters
What is another name for bison?
Buffalo
What is the symbol on a map that shows north, south, east and west called?
A compass rose.
What word describes moving from place to place for food, hunting, or better weather?
Migrate or migratory
What word can you use to say something is full or crowded?
teeming
Why did Native Americans continue to migrate even after they came to North America? What were they looking for?
More food, land and better weather.
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We have learned about longhouses. What is another kind of Native American home?
Igloo
Teepee
Wigwam
What do we call the ancient frozen water that was between Alaska and Asia 37,000 years ago?
Beringia
What is a long narrow building that was home to several Iroquois families.
longhouse
What word can be used when something is formal, or used in a ceremony? Saying the Pledge to our flag is this.
Ceremonial
Where did Natives of the Mississippian culture, the mound builders, usually live?
Near a river.
Name 2 things they might trade with other tribes.
Seeds, food, animal skins or fur, wampum, shells, beads, stories...