Ancient American Indian Civilizations
Part 2
American Indian Government and Economy
American Indian Culture
Part 2
100

What is another named for moved?

Migrated


100

Two parts:

1.) What anamial did the Nomads rely heavily on located in the Great Plains?

2.) What invention did the Aztec's create? To transport their items from place to place?

Buffalo

Floating Garden

100

This is a system for making rules and decisions:

Government 

100

____ is the way of life of a group of people. It includes their art, language, ideas, beliefs, and history.

Culture

100

Teen boys had to go on hunts to prove that they were ___ and _____?

Strong and brave

200

These people traveld place-to-place in order for fish to catch, animals to hunt, adn fruits and nuts to collect?

Hunter-gathers

200

A group called the Calusa lived on the Florida coast and used ____ as a resource.

Shells

200

Two parts:

1.) A ____ is a decision-making body that could be made up of a groups single leader or a small group of leaders.

2.) This person often led this meeting:

Council, Chief

200

What type of hairstyle was a custom of some groups in the Eastern Woodlands.

Mohawk 

200

Girls might learn how to weave a basket or make a clay pot. Those skills were needed as they got older and such containers were needed for _____ ______?

Food Storage
300

This definiton means land and bodies of water of a place:

geography

300

These are organized systems of governemtn, religion, and learning?

Civilizations

300

This term refers to a group whose members share the same goals:

League

300

An _____ is a relative who lived in the past?

Ancestor

300

What ball game was very popular to play? This would help prepare young men to be hunters and warriors.

Lacrosse

400

These people moved within a specific region to follow herd of animals and collect food?

Nomads

400

Two parts:

1.) Name me the three crops the Puebloans focused on planting?

2.) Name me the two animals the Inuit relied on from the sea: 

1.) Corn, beans, squash 

2.) Whales and seals

400

Two parts:

1.) An ___ is the system by whcih a group makes, shares, and uses goods.

2.) Native Americans had trees and animal skins and used them to build... (list the two types of houses)

1.) Economy 

2.) Longhouses and Wigwams

400

Two parts:

1.) A ____ _____ ceremony was held by many groups, because a good harvest was very important to their culture.

2.) In the Pacific Northwest, groups held ____, big feasts that showed a persons wealth and rank in the community?

Green Corn, Potlashes

400

Three parts: 

1.) Tell me what the men would do as their job.

2.) Tell me what the women would do as their job? (list 2)

3.) What would the kids do as their job?

Men- hunt

Women- gather fire wood, fetch water, cook, clean.

Kids- Do chores

500

Two parts: 

1.) This is the practice of planting and raising food: ______

2.) The use of scientic knowledge or tools to do work is: ________

Agriculture


Irrigation 

500

The Ancestral Puebloans first appeared about 2,000 years ago. They lived in the desert Southwest that includes present day: 

Name me all 4 states:

Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona.

500

What are the three main principles of the Leaugue's consititution?

Peace, equity, and justuce

500

Two Parts:

1.) Some evenings, American Indians gathered around an elder family member to listen to ___, or tradional stories.

2.) They are apart of ____, or tradional custom, beliefs, and stories.

Folktales, Folklore

500

Two parts: 

1.) ___ or ways of life that are repeated on a regular basis, are a part of a group's culture. 

2.) ___ is a custom or belief that is passed on from one generation to the next.

Customs, Tradition