Native Americans Flashcards

1
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What are people who move from place to place without permanent homes called?

A

Nomads

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2
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What word means a time before history was written down by people.

A

prehistoric

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3
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Long ago, this is the area where sea levels dropped and there was a land bridge between Asia and North America.

A

Beringia

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4
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What was the area between two enormous glaciers that these Native Americans migrated between called?

A

Ice Free Corridor

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5
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“These prehistoric people looked even more to the oceans, lakes, and rivers for sustenance…” What is sustenance?

A

food

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6
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What allowed many of these native tribes to settle in one place and quit the nomadic life?

A

They learned to farm.

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7
Q

Tribes from the Great Plains didn’t have very many trees so they made their homes out of _________________.

A

soil

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8
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Which tribe in the Southwest used clay bricks and stones to build their dwellings?

A

Pueblo

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8
Q

In arctic regions, the Inuit hunted whales and built ____________ to live in?

A

igloos

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9
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These native tribes worshipped a variety of nature gods. They were _______________.

A

polytheists

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10
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Many native people came to live in groups called ________________.

A

tribes

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11
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Native tribes were now dispersed all across North America. What does dispersed mean?

A

spread out

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12
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Why did Christopher Columbus call the Native Americans Indians?

A

He thought they were in the West Indies.

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13
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Why was there an abundance of food it the Mississippi River Valley?

A

It had rich soil.

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14
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What tribe of Native Americans built houses and buildings on mounds?

A

Mound Builders

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15
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What is a sun dried brick made of clay that the Pueblo used to make their houses?

16
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What word means not having enough rainfall to grow crops?

17
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What were the name of the homes that the Ancient Pueblo built on the sides of mountains?

A

cliff dwellings

18
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What did the Ancestral Pueblos use their roofs for?

A

To dry out crops

19
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The word Pueblos is the Spanish word for ____________.

20
Q

What are the underground rooms of the Pueblo houses called?

21
Q

What are the ancestral spirits in the Hopi religion called?

22
Q

What two tribes of Pueblo Indians came as a result of the Ancestral Pueblo?

A

The Hopi and Zuni

23
Q

What does the word Hopi mean?

A

peaceful and wise

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What was the most important crop for the Hopi?
corn
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The Hopi would plant their crops at the bottom of ________________.
mesas
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What figurative language means to give someone the silent treatment?
Cold Shoulder
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What is the Iroquois house made of wood called?
longhouse
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Who are the Iroquois who they thought had access to spirits, could tell the future, and control spirits?
shamans
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Which Native American Tribe settled on the land surrounding the Mississippi River?
Eastern Woodland
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What do some scientists believe the wars of the Eastern Woodland Indians were caused by?
A mini-ice age
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Why would a mini-ice age cause a war?
Food is scarce in an ice age..
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What is probably the reason that Native tribes moved from the north to the south?
The weather was better.
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What tribe migrated into present-day Florida?
Seminole
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Why is it thought that the Cherokee were distant relatives of the Iroquois?
They had similar languages.
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What was the name of the harvest festival that the Cherokee celebrated at the end of growing season?
Green Festival
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What ball game did the Cherokee play?
anetsa
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