Geography & Agriculture
Archaeologists believe that ancient peoples passed through a piece of land called
What was the event where many Native traveled west in harsh conditions?
The Trail of Tears
What are 3 uses for earth mounds in Native American culture?
1. Religious ceremonies
2. Burial grounds
3. Chief Dwellings
Who introduced Native peoples to Christianity?
Europeans
What is the most popular crop in North America?
Maize
The act signed by Andrew Jackson in 1830 to forcibly remove Native Americans from their land
The Indian Removal Act
What are some of the challenges Native Americans have faced with the coming of European civilization (provide two examples)?
Loss of land, religious conversion, weapons, violence, wars, diseases
What is the belief in many gods called?
Polytheism
What are the three crops of 3-sister farming?
Corn, beans, and squash
A complex society characterized by urban development; science, technology, government, religion, agriculture, and art.
What did Native Americans have to do in order to live in their environments?
a system where people, things, or ideas are arranged in ranks or levels based on their importance, power, or authority.
Hierarchy
Why does agriculture success usually lead to larger stationary communities?
Agriculture provides a surplus of food which can be shared to a larger group of people. People then do not have to be as nomadic to find food.
A powerful alliance of Native Americans in the eastern U.S. that made up five nations. Mohawks, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, and Oneida.
The Iroquois Confederacy
What does it mean if a society is sustainable and community-based?
Everyone is united and lives in harmony. Everyone in the community is taken care of and there is no hierarchy. Harmony> Hierarchy
People who moved from place to place
nomads
Where are the Cherokee Native Americans originally from?
Southeast U.S.
What is it called when a family identity, property, and political power follows the mother’s line?
Matrilineal
The art or science of growing flowers, fruits, vegetables and shrubs. Smaller scale gardening for a smaller community.
Horticulture
Indigenous religions were polytheistic, ecological, and cyclical - rooted in harmony, not hierarchy.
What does this information tell us about Native religion?
That Native American religions are not hierarchal, rooted in harmony. Their religions were also earth-centered and believed nature is sacred.