Vocabulary
Culture
Native American Homes
Geography
Miscellaneous
100
The Hohokam and the Pueblo built their homes with mud and straw, a type of brick known as _____________.
What is adobe?
100
This ancient civilization started in 2600 B.C. and are well known for their calendars, stone temple pyramids, and ball courts.
What is the Maya?
100
The Inuit built homes called ______________, made out of blocks of packed snow.
What are igloos?
100
What is one of the present day states that the Native Americans of the Great Plains used to roam?
What is Texas, Lousiana, Kansas, Colorado, Missouri, Arkansas, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, or South Dakota?
100
A _________ is a sled dragged by humans or animals to carry meat or game back to their homes.
What is travois?
200
___________ was used to get water from rivers to fields of crops.
What is irrigation?
200
The Inuit hunted _______, ________, _______, and ______ because they lived along the coast line of the Pacific Ocean.
What are walruses, seals, fish, and whale?
200
Bison skins could be used to make a cone-shaped home called a ___________.
What is tepee?
200
The Iroquois lived in present day _______ within the Eastern Woodlands.
What is New York?
200
The Navajo raised _______ and used these animals fur to make blankets.
What is sheep?
300
Hunter-gatherers would ___________ to other regions when food became hard to find.
What is migrate?
300
Both the Navajo and the Pueblo were well known for their works of art including jewelry made of this special stone
What is turquoise?
300
Some Native Americans of the Great Plains stayed in one place and lived in large earthen homes made of logs covered with grasses, sticks, and soil called a _______.
What is a lodge?
300
Why was water a valuable resource to Native Americans of the Southwest?
The southwest is a dry, arid region without much rainfall.
300
________ are polished beads made from shells that are woven together.
What is wampum?
400
A _____________ is a carved log painted with symbols of animals or people.
What is totem pole?
400
Thanks to the Spanish, Native Americans of the Great Plains were able to use ______ to hunt and trade with faraway groups.
What are horses?
400
The Pueblo people had ladders to enter in and out of their homes. What did it mean when they pulled the ladders up into the houses?
It meant that there was danger or enemies around and by pulling the ladder up, no enemies could enter their home.
400
The Mayans and the Aztecs lived in parts of ______ and _________.
What is Mexico and Central America?
400
Little girls from the Plains tribes were taught to sew by making doll clothes using the ______ of bison.
What is sinew?
500
The guests receive gifts at a feast called a ___________.
What is potlatch?
500
Native Americans of the Great Plains used every part of the _________ to make food, shelter, and clothing.
What is buffalo?
500
A dome-shaped Navajo home made of a wooden frame covered with mud or sod
What is a hogan?
500
A type of farming in which you cut down trees and then burn the undergrowth to clear room for crops.
What is slash-and-burn?