Chapter 2 Review Flashcards
What is an ancestor
An older family member
Ideas based on the study and research are also known as
Theory
The land bridge that may have existed between Asia and North America was known as
Beringa
12,000 years ago people migrated to North America. how far would families migrate in a given lifetime
A few miles
Why might Native American origin stories have changed over time
Because it’s hard to remember the same exact thing over several years and tell the same exact story
Describe a normadic way of life. What would they follow
They would move place to place to follow food
Some early settlers hunted animals and collected nuts, berries and other food. What were they known as?
Hunters and gatherers
A group of people with ways of life, religion in learning is a
Civilization
The Olmec were named the __________ of culture
Mother
The Maya we’re separated into different _____________. They were either priest, nobles, traders or farmers
Levels of skill
Classes
Who built the city of Cahokia
Mississippians
Who built Mesa Verde and what was unusual about it
The Pueblos because it was built inside a canyon
What object was the most important invention to Native Americans living in the Atlantic coastal plain
Canoes
Name two jobs the Iroquois men did
Hunted and cleared land
Name two jobs the Iroquois women did
Prepared food and made clothing And shoes
The Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca formed the
Five nations and the Iroquois
The Iroquois build fences called
Palisades
One of the most important crops grown by the Iroquois was
Worn
To shelters the Algonquin built were
Long houses and wigwams.
The Plains Indians hunt today large animal what was it
Buffalo
What were some of the items plains Indians would use the animal from number 19 for
Spears, scare it off a cliff, Shoot them with arrows and harpoons
People of the great plains have trouble finding wood to burn. What did they use instead
Sod or Buffalo Poo
The Cheyenne could not farm in the great plains. Why not
We cleared all the trees so soil couldn’t stay
What did Mr. Shannon refer two as the first modle homes what did he referred to as the first trailers
Tepees
Travois
The plains culture did not believe people are born into classes
They were elected
The tribes Southwest had a deal with hot climate. What was the climate like
Hot Weather and it was dry
What adaptions were the Southwest tribes able to make to survive there
Made home into Canyon so it was cool
Pueblo people sometimes made houses out of______
Adobe
Which western tribe came from Southwest California were excellent traders built canoes. And lived in domed shape shelters
Chumash
The Pacific Northwest was region of plenty. What did they have plenty of_______
Water and fish
The Plains Indians had the Buffalo, the Pacific Northwest tribes had the ________
Whales
What did the tribes of the Pacific Northwest used to make oil
Whales blubber
The Pacific Northwest tribes used trees to make what kind of items _____
Canoes
The Chinook were able to profit from trade by becoming the middleman. Explain what this means and given example of how it works
They gave the middleman something to trade and get it back
What did the people living in artic hunt? What did they live in
Foxes,caroboes, seals, whales, Live in igloo
