Vocabulary
Define nomad?
What is a person who moves often in search of food
Planting and raising of crops is called
What is agriculture
Where did the Powhatans live?
What is the southeast region of North America
Define culture
What is the way of life of a people. It includes their art, rules, beliefs, and history.
Define league
What is a group whose member nations share the same goals
How did people first come to North America?
What is by walking across a land bridge between Asia and North America
What was the role of women in the Native American society?
What is making clothing and other household goods
What Native American nation in the Northern woodlands formed a union of nations called a league?
What is the Iriquois
What is to change in order to survive the conditions faced
Why did early Native Americans spread throughout North America?
What is before they started farming, they followed animal herds across the continent.
What did Native Americans believe about children?
What is that they were connected to the spirit world.
What are Native American councils?
What is people who make decisions and were usually society leaders.
What is a set of beliefs and way of life that are special to a certain group
What is an example of a change in Native American life that occured as a result of farming?
What is once people started farming, they could settle for good in one place. They no longer had to move constantly to find food.
What did Native American religions believe?
What is that animals and the Earth had spirits
What are 2 examples of Native American economies that were based on their geography and environments.
What is the plains people built their economy around bison. The Powhattan of the Southeast developed farming and fishing methods that used their coastal environment to their advantage.
Define irrigation
What is a system for bringing water to dry fields
What is an achievement of the Maya civilization?
What is they charted the sun, moon and stars. They used the information to make a calendar that was accurate.
Native Americans in the Southwest developed agriculture. The Inuit created the kayak and used their cold environment to their advantage. The Maya created a system of writing and a calendar.
Summarize these facts.
What is Native Americans adapted to their environment and developed diverse cultures before the Europeans arrived.
What are 2 concepts that were important in Native American religions?
What is Some Native Americans believed that the Earth had spirits. Some believed the spirits of their ancestors could give them advice about life.