Native Americans

Question 1

tectonic

Answer 1

to do with the structure of the earths crust

Question 2

topography

Answer 2

shape of the land

Question 3

erode

Answer 3

to wear down the surface of the earth

Question 4

glaciation

Answer 4

land being covered with thick, moving ice

Question 5

sedimentary

Answer 5

the type of rock formed by the erosion of other rocks

Question 6

subsistence

Answer 6

the action or fact of maintaining or supporting oneself at a minimum level

Question 7

agriculture

Answer 7

to harvest or plant your foods

Question 8

matrilocal

Answer 8

when a man and woman marry the go to live with the woman’s extended family

Question 9

matrilineal

Answer 9

decent from generation to generation is reckoned only through the female line only

Question 10

patrilocal

Answer 10

when a man and women marry they go to live with the man’s extended family

Question 11

patrilineal

Answer 11

decent from generation to generation is second through the male line only

Question 12

longhouse

Answer 12

lived in by each extended family

Iroquois

Question 13

pit house

Answer 13

homes built partly underground

peoples of the plateau

Question 14

tipi

Answer 14

pyramid shaped tent
used by peoples of the plains
could be set up or taken down in very short notice

Question 15

igloos

Answer 15

dome shaped houses

used by Inuit

Question 16

inukshuk

Answer 16

human figures serving as landmarks

Question 17

bison

Answer 17

buffalo

Question 18

caribou

Answer 18

eaten by Inuit in the winter

Question 19

pemmican

Answer 19

trail mix made by the peoples of the plains

made of lard, ground up bison and berries

Question 20

sun dance

Answer 20

people would dance in a room with a big pole in the middle that was decorated for several days
to find visions by subjecting themselves to pain and suffering