The Desert Southwest (unit 1/Ch2/Lesson 1)

Question 1

Who were the Navajo

Answer 1

nomads that traveled in groups, hunting and gathering food. Moved into the southwest about AD 1025. Settled in the Four Corners area.

Question 2

What did the Navajo’s call themselves

Answer 2

Dine which means The People

Question 3

what were the shelters the Navajo lived in

Answer 3

hogans. made of wood frames with bark and mud. later they covered with adobe. They were built miles apart from each other instead of in villages

Question 4

Navajo beliefs

Answer 4

believed in Gods they called the Holy People. Some were kind like the Earth Mother while others like the sun god caused crops to dry up.

Question 5

who were the medicine people

Answer 5

religious leaders and healers. they called upon the gods to protect the families, homes and crops or to cure the sick

Question 6

what were the Navajo way of life

Answer 6

learned how to grow food and make cotton clothing from Hopi. Learned how to farm in the dessert.