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Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary 2
Origins
Regions 1
Regions 2
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When many people share similar behaviors and beliefs it's called: a. classes b. cultural groups c. tribes d. councils
What is b. cultural groups
100
This is a word that means you fit your way of living to the land and its resources. a. surplus b. adapt c. like d. leave
What is b. adapt
100
The land bridge theory suggests that-- a. hunting groups traveled to North America across Beringia b. early people arrived up to one million years ago c. the first Americans traveled to the Americas in boats d. Native Americans have always lived in the Americas
What is a. hunting groups traveled to North America across Beringia
100
Artwork of the Northwest Coast/Arctic Indians....
What is totem poles
100
The Plains Indians used buffalo skin to make clothes and what type of shoe?
What is moccasins.
200
A group of Native Americans that share the same language and customs is called a.....
What is a tribe.
200
If you have a surplus of food, do you have MORE or LESS than what is needed to survive?
What is MORE
200
Which of the following events happened first? 1. the giant animals starved and gradually died out. 2. Nomadic people began to settle in communities 3. The Ice Age ended and the climate became warmer and drier. 4. Ancient people started planting crops and developing more advanced civilizations.
What is 3. The Ice Age ended and the climate became warmer and drier.
200
The Northwest/Arctic Indians prayed to gods for favor in _________- hunting.
What is whale.
200
The Algonquin lived in these types of houses.
What is wigwams
300
An _________ ________ tells about the beginnings of Native American people. One is about the claws of a turtle.
What is an origin story.
300
Another word for a group that makes laws is a: a. council b. confederation c. city d. tribe
What is a. council
300
The dry, desert environment--- A. was home to the Eastern Woodlands Indians B. required the Southwest Indians to adapt their entire way of life to it, planting crops such as corn and storing the surplus C. resulted in the need for extensive trading networks, which used a language developed by the Chinooks. D. led archaeologists to develop the land bridge theory of migration.
What is B. required the Southwest Indians to adapt their entire way of life to it, planting crops such as corn and storing the surplus
300
The two languages of the Eastern Woodland people were __________ and Iroquois.
What is Algonquin.
300
In the Northwest/Arctic region, Kwakiutles and Makahs lived in wooden houses. These people lived in igloos.
What is the Inuit.
400
This is a long building in which several related Iroquois families lived together.
What is a longhouse.
400
Teepees and wigwams were both types of....
What is housing.
400
What did the Algonquins and Iroquois have in common? 1. They participated in complex, month-long ceremonies in preparation for the annual whale hunt. 2. They helped the Navajos adjust to desert life. 3. They built earthen mounds as burial sites and places of worship. 4. They were both from the Eastern Woodlands area.
What is 4. They were both from the Eastern Woodlands area.
400
The Plains Indians REALLY relied on this hairy animal as a resources to survive.
What is buffalo
400
How did the Northwest/Arctic Indians have to adapt to their environment?
They had hunt whales and fish because they couldn't plant crops.
500
Social __________ separate people into groups that are treated differently.
What is classes.
500
A group of people who choose not to settle in an area, but travel in order to search for food are called...
What is nomads.
500
Name another theory explaining the origins of the Native Americans.
Answers may vary.
500
A staple crop of the Southwest Indians was....
What is corn.
500
Which region had the Crows, Cheyennes, Kiowas and Comanches?
What is the Plains.