Midterm Review

Question 1

The Cherokee

Answer 1

Indigenous people that live in the southeastern woodlands of the United States.

Question 2

Paleo-Indians

Answer 2

The first people that settled America, Crossed over the Bering Land Strait.

Question 3

The Cheyenne

Answer 3

Indigenous people of the great Plains.

Question 4

Kivas

Answer 4

Underground Ceremonial Chambers

Question 5

Teepees

Answer 5

A type of tent used by the nomadic people of the Great Plains

Question 6

Iroquois League

Answer 6

Confederacy of Indigenous Tribes made up of the Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, Onondaga, and Cayuga in the Northeast.

Question 7

Direct Democracy

Answer 7

Form of Democracy in Which Citizens Vote directly on decisions and issues.

Question 8

Hunter-Gatherer

Answer 8

People who Gathered berries and hunted for meat, typically nomadic.

Question 9

Totems

Answer 9

Ancestor or Animal Spirits

Question 10

Matrilineal.

Answer 10

Family lines are traced through the women.

Question 11

Nez Perce

Answer 11

Indigenous people who lived on the Plateaus and cliffs of the Pacific Northwest.

Question 12

Knights

Answer 12

Warriors who fought on Horseback.

Question 13

Pueblo

Answer 13

An aboveground house made out of adobe, a type of clay.

Question 14

Berbers

Answer 14

A group of People from Northern Africa who controlled the trade routes of West Africa.

Question 15

Republic

Answer 15

A system in which power lies with the people and elected representatives.

Question 16

Boston Massacre

Answer 16

A riot that ended in the deaths of five people.

Question 17

Committees of Correspondence

Answer 17

An Organization of Patriots who Gathered and sent letters concerning the situation with the British.

Question 18

Quartering Act

Answer 18

Act that forced colonists to house British soldiers.