American Indian Civilization
The first settlers most likely travel to the Americas this way.
What is by walking across a land bridge?
Culture refers to these 6 things.
What are 1) art and government, 2)beliefs and ways of making a living, 3)history and traditions.
Women held these roles in American Indian groups.
What is they took care of the home and children?
American Indians developed this to fit their ways of life and guide their members.
What is a system of government?
This was very important to the economy of most American Indian groups.
What is trade?
The first Americans were most likely this.
What are hunters?
Storytelling in American Indian villages serves what purpose?
What is to pass on history and traditions?
Children held this role in American Indian groups to build strength.
What is they played games like lacrosse?
The people in the Plains traveled in this way.
What are small family units?
This is a decision-making body that could be made up of a group's single leader of a small group of leaders.
What is a council?
The clothing, housing, and daily life of the early Americans was shaped by this.
What are local conditions and resources?
People from different nations in American Indian groups differed in these ways (3 ways).
What is they lived in different types of homes, they spoke different languages, and they practiced different skills.
Some American Indian groups believed spirits represented these 2 natural forces.
What is the sun and the moon?
This person often served as the leader in the Plains tribe.
Who is the oldest male?
This is a group whose members share the same goals and usually have a written or oral form of an alliance or agreement.
What is a confederacy?
Cultures that have complex systems of organization are called this.
What are civilizations?
Men in American Indian villages held these roles (3).
What is hunting, fishing, and keeping the villages safe?
Men or women who were believed to have special religious powers were called this.
What are shamans?
Some American Indian groups were led by these people.
Who are the Chiefs?
This is a system by which a group makes, shares, and uses goods.
What is an economy?
As settlements grew, what did people form?
What are governments, religions, and systems for learning?
Customs and beliefs of American Indian groups were connected this way.
What is that they were tied to religion?
Pueblo groups in the Southwest sought help and advice from these. They could also represent ancestors.
What are kachinas?
The economy of the American Indian groups depended on this.
What are the resources available to them?
This is a trade good that is a raw material and not manufactured.
What is a commodity?