Native American Art in North America Vocabulary

Question 1

Anasazi

Answer 1

A Basket Maker-Pueblo culture of the plateau region of northern Arizona and New Mexico and of southern Utah and Colorado, dating before 1300

Question 2

Coiling

Answer 2

A technique of basketry used by Native Americans in North America

Question 3

Navajo

Answer 3

A Native American people inhabiting extensive reservation lands in Arizona, New Mexico, and southeast Utah

Question 4

Plaiting

Answer 4

To make by braiding

Question 5

Pueblo

Answer 5

A communal structure for multiple dwelling and defensive purposes of certain agricultural Indians of the southwestern U.S.: built of adobe or stone, typically many-storied and terraced, the structures were often placed against cliff walls, with entry through the roof by ladder

Question 6

Pueblo

Answer 6

A member of a group of Native American peoples living in pueblo villages in New Mexico and Arizona since prehistoric times

Question 7

Quillwork

Answer 7

Decorative articles made with overlaid porcupine quills by certain Native Americans

Question 8

Totem Pole

Answer 8

A pole or post carved and painted with figures, erected by Native Americans of the northwest coast of North America

Question 9

Twining

Answer 9

An act of twisting or interweaving