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Transportation
American Indian Groups
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What was the name given to the Earth by many tribes?

Mother Earth

100

This is a type of canoe made from a large log.

Dugout

100

A group of people of the same tribe who are closely connected. 

Band

100

Before the arrival of Europeans in North America, there were approximately how many different American Indian languages spoken by millions of indigenous people?

500

100

The capital of this state is Boston.

Massachussetts

200

These are small mounds for growing crops. 

Milpas

200

What were the primary routes used for transportation by American Indians?

Rivers and paths

200

A group of tribes under one leader, or chief.

Chiefdom

200

Give 3 examples of how the American Indians used natural resources to create tools or objects necessary for survival.

Examples - flint for arrowheads (hunting), trees for firewood (cooking fire), water for fishing (food) 

200

What is the capital of Florida?

Tallahassee

300

This is a type of volcanic glass used to make tools such as arrowheads, spearheads, knives. 

Obsidian
300

These were the "highways" used by American Indians.

Rivers

300

A larger groups of distant relatives is a _______. 

Clan

300

This was the constitution of the Iroquois people that included a balance of power between bigger and smaller groups, a two-branch legislature, procedures for passing laws, and more.

Great Law of Peace

300

The capital of this state is Atlanta.

Georgia

400

This is a picture carved into rock that represented beliefs, tribal stories, and significant events. 

Petroglyph

400

These were "roads" used by American Indians.

Paths

400

A large group of tribes is a _________. 

Confederacy

400

American Indians mainly used what to preserve their history and traditions?

Spoken language

400

What is the capital of Maryland?

Annapolis

500

These were places where people traded goods, food, and information.

Trading sites

500

This was an old native path from Michigan to Florida that is now interstate highway I-75.

The Great Path

500

A group of people connected by a common language, belief, land, and culture. 

Tribe

500

This was the group that made decisions and passed laws for the Iroquois Confederacy. 

Grand Council of the Chiefs

500

The capital of this state is Columbia.

South Carolina