Northwest
What did the Native Americans have in abundance?
Wood
Name a tribe that lived in the Southwest?
Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, Comanche
What did tribes use buffalo for?
Food, clothing, tools, weapons
What was the purpose of palisades?
To protect villages
List a chracteristic of civilization
Division of labor, food surpluses, accumulated learning, religion, planned infrastructure, art, system of government, system of tribute, and trade
What is the name of a tribe of the Northwest?
Chinook, Makah, Kwakiutl
What was the purpose of medicine people?
They communicated with the gods, tended to the sick, and helped lead the tribe.
What is a name of a tribe that lived in the Plains?
Sioux, Lakota, Wichita, Pawnee, Mandan
What was the purpose of wampum?
To trade for goods or as art to commemorate events.
Does a society need to possess all the characteristics of civilization to be considered a civilization?
No
What was the purpose of a totem pole?
The totems represented spirits and animals and they often told a story
How did tribes divide their labor?
Men hunted and farmed while the women tended to the villages and the children.
Why did Plains tribes use dogs to pull travois?
They had no horses
Name a tribe of the Eastern Woodlands
Iroquois, Seneca, Cayuga
What is a civilization?
A complex human society, usually made up of different cities, and characterized by certain cultural and technological developments
What was the Dalles?
A great trading center on the Columbia River
How did tribes grow their food?
How is sod related to a lodge?
Why did Hiawatha form the Iroquois League?
He sought peace between the various tribes
Why did Native Americans in the same region develop different ways of life?
Their environments varied. They had different resources available to them
What was the result of strong trade networks among the peoples of the Pacific Northwest?
They became wealthy.
How did the location of the Hopi people affect the kinds of shelters they built?
How could a person become the chief of a tribe?
How is the term confederation related to the Iroquois League?
The Iroquois League was a confederation of five tribes.
How is today's society impacted by early American civilizations?
It impacted where our cities are, the foods we grow, , our culture, and our thinking