Early N. American history Flashcards
migrated from Northern Canada to the southwest; built teepees with buffalo hides
Apache
lived in the Four Corners, built apartment-like homes with adobe brick on edges of cliffs and connected each floor with a ladder
Ancestral Pueblo
lived in the Eastern Woodlands and built longhouses with wooden poles
Haudenosau nee
lived in the Midwest, Southeast, and around the Mississippi River; buildings were constructed on top of mounds
mound builders
part of the Pueblo, lived in the high desert of Arizona on mesas and built homes with different levels connected by ladders
Hopi
migrated from Alaska and Canada to the Southwest; used adobe to build dome-shaped, individual houses in small, scattered groups
Navajo
a chief in a Northeastern Native American nation
sachem
a large, rounded pile
mound
the top layer of Earth’s surface where plants grow
soil
a dome-shaped temporary shelter made from snow blocks
igloo
a large, prehistoric animal similar to an elephant and a mammoth
mastadon
a type of brick made from sun-dried clay
adobe
a domed dwelling made of poles tied together with bark covering the sides, built by the Eastern Woodlands people
wigwam
a large group of animals that live and travel together
herd
a wild animal with a shaggy coat and downward curving horns
musk ox
a loosely organized group of states or tribes
confederacy
