AW (Key Words)

Question 1

Band

Answer 1

A group of people, mostly families who formed part of a larger tribe

Question 2

Buffalo

Answer 2

A plains animal that was essential to the Indains way of life

Question 3

Chief

Answer 3

The person who is in charge of a tribe/band due to wisdom, healing power or warrior skills

Question 4

Counting Coup

Answer 4

Touching an enemy with a stick to win a battle without injuring them

Question 5

Manifest Destiny

Answer 5

The idea that it was God’s plan that the white American should settle over all of America

Question 6

Miners Court

Answer 6

MIners who set up their own court to settle disputes over claims

Question 7

Nomadic

Answer 7

Having no fixed home

Question 8

Polygamy

Answer 8

Having more than one wife

Question 9

Prospector

Answer 9

People looking for mines

Question 10

Sherriff

Answer 10

The person in charge of law keeping

Question 11

Sioux

Answer 11

The biggest tribe on the plains

Question 12

Tribal council

Answer 12

A group of elders/cheifs who made decisions for the tribe/band

Question 13

The Oregon Trail

Answer 13

A 3,000km long trail used by those who wanted reach California through Missouri. It crossed the Great Plains

Question 14

Tipi

Answer 14

Home of the Plains Indian, made of buffalo hide and wood. Could be packed quickly

Question 15

Scalping

Answer 15

Taking the scalp of a person a warrior had beaten as a prize and to stop them coming back in the afterlife

Question 16

Vigilanties

Answer 16

Ordinary citizen that decides to punish suspected lawbreakers itslef instead of using the official system