Vocabulary Lesson 1
to move
Migrate
What is the bison
A system of making rules and decisions
What is a government?
Climate for the Inuit
What is very cold, few crops and lots of snow.
The Harbor Seal
Found in the Arctic. Is used for clothing, food, and oil.
the first Americans who moved from place to place in search of animals to hunt, fish to catch and fruit and nuts to collect.
What are hunter-gatherers
Teepees
A decision making body that could be made up of a group´s single leader or a small group of leaders.
What is a council?
Green Corn Festival
Trees for the Eastern Woodland people
Make weapons like spears or bows. Constructs houses like the longhouse and wigwam.
Iroquois League
A group that shares the same goals.
What is a league or confederacy?
Potlatch
A ceremony to show wealth and rank involving dancing and costumes in the Pacific Northwest.
Arctic Climate
Fewer crops mean a more meat-based diet. Cold weather means clothing should be heavy and warm during most of the year. Houses are made from snow.
A place where there are organized systems of government, religion and learning.
What is civilization?
Describe the location of the Eastern Woodland People using the following words: continent, region(s), one major landform and one major waterway.
Example: Eastern Woodland people are on the North American Continent. They are in both the Northeast and Southern regions. Landforms and Waterways vary.
A trade good that is a raw material and not manufactured.
What is a commodity?
Describe the location of the Inuit People using the following words: continent, region(s), one major landform and one major waterway.
North American continent. Western and Non-Contiguous regions. Landforms and waterways varied.
Cliffs for the Puebloans
The cliffs provided shade in the heat. It also offered materials for the cliff dwelling houses. Puebloans would grow their crops on the cliffs using irrigation to bring water to the crops.
The use of technology to bring water to crops
What is irrigation?
Describe the location of the Plains People using the following words: continent, region(s), one major landform and one major waterway.
North American continent, Midwest and parts of the western regions of the US. Landforms and Waterways Vary
A system by which a group makes, uses or shares goods
What is an economy?
Describe the location of the Puebloan People using the following words: continent, region(s), one major landform and one major waterway.
North American continent. Southwest region. Landforms are plateaus and cliffs. Waterways vary.
Shells for the Eastern Woodlands