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Tribe Characteristics
Ways of Life
Homes
100
What is a small group of people who work together to do things, such as hunting?
band
100
What is a wooden post that is carved with shapes, people, and animals?
totem pole
100
Why did the Chinooks develop a special language?
to make trade easier
100
How did the Chinooks and Makahs travel on the Northwest Coast?
used the waterways because of the rough terrain
100
What is the "mother civilization"? What tribe built empires?
Olmecs Aztecs
200
What are the guardian spirits of the Hopis?
kachinas
200
What do totem poles show?
family history
200
What group adopted ideas from the Mayas?
Aztecs
200
What did the Makahs use parts of the whale for? Name at least two for credit.
food, to make oil to burn as fuel, to make ropes and bags
200
How is a hogan made? Which tribe lived in hogans?
cone-shaped house made of a log frame covered by mud or grass Navajos lived in hogans
300
What is the practice of holding people against their will and making them carry out orders?
slavery
300
What is a loose group of governments?
confederation
300
Why did the Pueblos store food?
So they had enough to eat during a drought
300
Why did the Iroquois decide they needed to stop fighting amongst tribes in their region?
If the fighting continued, tribes would be eliminated.
300
How is a pithouse made? Which tribe lived in pithouses?
By building partly over a hole dug in the ground Chinooks
400
What is trading with people by exchanging goods?
barter
400
What is a group of people with a shared culture and land?
tribe
400
What is an arid climate?
very dry
400
How did the Iroquois stop the fighting amongst the tribes?
They formed a confederation
400
How is a longhouse made? What tribe lived in longhouses?
made of elm bark with large doors at each end, home for several families Iroquois lived in lognhouses
500
What is a group of families that are related to one another?
clan
500
What did the Plains Indians use to make clothes, tools, weapons, and food from?
buffalo
500
Name the two groups that got most of their food from rivers and oceans.
Chinooks and Makahs
500
Who decided who would serve as members of the confederation?
The eldest women of the tribe
500
What is a pueblo? Which tribe lived in pueblos?
an adobe building with rooms on top of and next to one anothers, home for many families Hopis lived in pueblos