Vocabulary Words
Hunter-gatherer
an early human who lived by gathering wild plants and hunting animals
The Mayans and Olmec lived in what region?
Central America
Which of the following is NOT a home Native Americans lived in?
a. Hogans
b. Wickiups
c. Flats
c. Flats
True or False:
Artwork, poems, artifacts, photographs, and speeches are all primary sources
True
The Native Americans living in the desert developed an _____________ to get water.
a. Irrigation system
b. Pond system
c. Twig System
d. Water bottle
a. Irrigation system
Totem Pole
a tall carved log used by Native Americans of the Northwest coast honor an important person or mark special event
The landscape of the Southwest is.....
a. desert
b. forest
c. snowy
a. desert
A __________ is a dome shaped house made out of clay and mud
Hogan
A primary source is a _______ account of an event.
a. first hand
b. second hand
a. first hand
Why was trade so important to Native tribes?
If tribe was unable to create an item themselves, they could trade with another tribe to get it.
They did not have supermarkets, Walmarts, Target's, etc.
Hieroglyphs
a type of ancient writing that uses pictures for words
The climate of the Arctic and Sub-Arctic regions is.....
snowy, cold, icy
A teepee was
a. easily taken apart to be able to move
b. stable, strong, and never moved
a. easily taken apart to be able to move
Primary Sources can help us learn more about how early Native Americans lived because they are _________ into the past.
Windows
At a potlatch celebration the guests....
received gifts
Slash-and burn
a method for clearing land for farming by cutting and burning trees
The ____________ was so large that it was split into two regions, the Northeast and the Southeast.
a. Great Plains
b. Southwest
c. EasternWoodlands
d. Arctic
Eastern Woodlands
The Ancestral Pueblo and Pueblo lived in....
Cliff Dwellings
We can use a ______ _________ ________ to help us analyze primary sources
See, Think, Wonder
What are the “Three Sisters” of crops?
Beans, Corn, Squash
Harvest
to take and gather crops such as wheat and corn
The Landscape of the Great Plains is a......
prairie
What are the names of the two houses the Iroquois live in?
Wigwams & Longhouses
Name one of the primary sources we analyzed in class AND name the tribe the source came from
- Adena Smoking Pipe
- Hohokam Canal
- Navajo Hatchet and Bow & Arrow Artifact
- Mayan Flasks
The Nomads of the Great Plains were dependent on ___________ , while the villagers were dependent on ______________.
a. Buffalo , Farming
b. Farming, Buffalo
a. Buffalo , Farming