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Vocabulary
Maine's Historic Tribes
The Wabanaki
Wabanaki Daily Life
Geography
100
Maine native tribes depend on these for survival
What is natural resources.
100
This tribe shared a common language with the penobscot.
Who were the Abenaki?
100
The wabanaki confederation formed to protect themselves from this tribe.
Who were the Iroquois?
100
The Wabanaki men spent much of their time building these out of young trees.
What are canoes?
100
This is the Latin term for the time period after Christ was born.
What is Anno Domini
200
Maine native tribe used wampum as the basis for this.
What is economy?
200
This tribe called themselves the panawapskik, which meant "people of the rocky river".
Who were the Penobscot?
200
Wabanaki women made shoes and clothes from animal hides and furs, such as these.
What are moose, rabbit, and deer?
200
The united states is located in these 2 hemispheres.
What are northern and western hemispheres?
300
Maine native Americans lived with nature in this way.
What is harmony?
300
This tribe's name comes from the word for "pollock", which is a kind of fish.
Who were the Passamoquoddy?
300
These dwellings are similar to wigwams but are longer.
What are longhouses?
300
Each Wabanaki clan had an animal symbol called this.
What is a totem?
300
The globe is divided into hemispheres using these two lines.
What are the equator and prime meridian?
400
The Wabanaki formed this to better protect themselves.
What is a confederation.
400
This tribe loved to play a game on ice with a stick and a ball.
Who were the Micmac?
400
Trading of things made from natural resources would have been the basis for this.
What is an economy?
400
At 5 years old, Wabanaki boys learned to hunt with these weapons.
What are bows and arrows?
400
When talking about physical and human characteristics, geographers are referring to this theme.
What is place?
500
"Wabanaki lives in harmony with nature" is a good example of this theme of geography.
What is human/environment interaction?
500
This tribe spoke a language that was very difficult for outsiders to learn.
Who were the Maliseet?
500
This was the most difficult season for the wabanaki.
What is winter?
500
Many popular Wabanaki stories were about a giant named this.
Who is Glosskap?
500
The Wabanaki used canoes and toboggans to transport people and goods from one place to another, which is an example of this theme of geography.
What is movement?