Ancient Civilizations
The first civilization we learned about is...
Cahokia
When someone forcefully takes over land, they are called...
Colonizer
There are this many brothers in the Taino origin story...
4
An artifact is...
An object made by humans that has cultural or historical significance
Native means people who...
In Taino culture, leaders are called...
Cacique
Indigenous Taino people are from...
The Caribbean (Bahamas, Haiti, DR, Jamaica)
The name of the person who fell from the sky in the Haudenosaunee origin story is....
Sky woman
Cardinal directions are....
North, East, South, West
Indigenous communities in North America relied on this food to build their communities...
Corn (maize)
The person who "discovered" North America and parts of the Carribbean is...
Christopher Columbus
This animal held up the world in the Haudenosaunee origin story...
Turtle
The difference between climate and weather is...
Weather is the day-to-day conditions you find outside and climate is the average weather conditions in an environment
This is the game that Cahokians played to have fun....
Chunkey
Most colonizers came from this CONTINENT....
Europe
In the Taino origin story, the four brothers start in this place...
The spirit world
Genocide is...
The mass killing of an entire group based on their race, religion or culture
Indigenous civilizations had to _______ to survive in their environments
Adapt
In ancient civilizations, they communicated using oral history which is...
Stories that are not written down, but are shared through spoken word and storytelling
Indigenous Tainos were forced to ____________________________________ by Spanish colonizers
Work in the mines (brutal labor) and learn/believe in the Christian religion
How many sisters were in the Pueblo origin story?
2
Origin story is....
A story that explains how a group of people or place was created
Name two indicators of civilization...
Architecture, religion, system of writing, agriculture, specialized jobs, social hierarchy, increased trade, decision making, armies (warfare)