Unit 1 Topic 3c: Native Americans of North America

Question 1

to move from one region to another

Answer 1

migrate

Question 2

man-made mounds of earth or dirt

Answer 2

earthworks

Question 3

a sculpture or model of a person or animal

Answer 3

effigy

Question 4

someone who originated from a particular ancestor

Answer 4

descendants

Question 5

native people of a particular place

Answer 5

indigenous

Question 6

dome shaped home of the Algonquian usually made of bark and poles

Answer 6

wigwam

Question 7

rectangular building made of a wood frame covered with bark; home of Iroquois, some were over 100 feet long and were shared by several families.

Answer 7

longhouse

Question 8

home of the Southeast Native Americans usually made of sticks or twigs covered with wet soil or clay. Also called a Daub house

Answer 8

wattle

Question 9

home of the Southeast Native Americans usually built on a platform about 3 feet off the groud. Usually made of logs and open thatched roofs. Built to protect from animals and floods.

Answer 9

chickee

Question 10

cone shaped home of the Plains Native Americans; made of poles covered with bison-skin that could be folded up and carried anywhere.

Answer 10

teepee

Question 11

round houses made out of material such as mud and bark; these were the homes of the Navajo and the Apache

Answer 11

hogan

Question 12

homes built by the Hopi and Zuni tribes in the Southwest. These homes were built of clay or adobe, they were multistory dwellings that resembled apartment buildings.

Answer 12

pueblo

Question 13

having little or no rain; too dry to support vegetation

Answer 13

arid

Question 14

a kind of clay used as a building material, typically in the form of sun-dried bricks

Answer 14

adobe

Question 15

a chamber, built wholly or partly underground

Answer 15

kivas

Question 16

home of the nomadic Native Americans in the Great Basic area, made of willow poles or saplings, leaves and brush

Answer 16

wikiup

Question 17

an area of high or hilly land

Answer 17

uplands

Question 18

summer home in the Plateau region of North America built using mats made of tule, a type of bulrush or reed that was found along rivers and marshes

Answer 18

tule mat lodge

Question 19

winter home in the Plateau region of North America built by digging a pit in the ground covered with a roof

Answer 19

pit lodge

Question 20

homes built in the Northwest Coast, made from long flat planks of cedar wood on a wooden frame

Answer 20

plank houses

Question 21

poles carved with the shapes of animals worshiped by the Native Americans of the Northwest Coast as part of their religious beliefs

Answer 21

totem pole

Question 22

During the last ice, it is believed that people crossed into North America from Asia using a land bridge known as ______.

Answer 22

Beringia

Question 23

The land bridge was created when the ocean water was decreased by the glaciers which exposed the land bridge between present day ______ and _______.

Answer 23

Alaska and Russia

Question 24

It is believed that the people were _______ that were following the large animals they hunted such as mammoths and mastodons

Answer 24

nomads

Question 25

These first Americans eventually spread _____ and _____ through the continent of North America and south into central and South America. The Olmec, Maya, Aztec and Inca civilizations were developed from these nomadic tribes, as were all of the Native American tribes found in the present day United States.

Answer 25

south and east

Question 26

The _______ civilization was known as the “Mother Civilization” because it influenced many other cultures in the Americas.

Answer 26

Olmec

Question 27

The __________ Native Americans were located in the area of the Missouri, Illinois, and Mississippi Rivers in North America, between 700-1300 CE. Even though they were on a different continent from the Inca who were in South America from 1250-1532 CE, they shared some cultural similarities.

Answer 27

Mississippian

Question 28

Cultural Similarities between the Mississippian Native Americans and the Inca.

Answer 28

a. both grew corn/maize, beans, squash
b. both worshipped the sun, moon, stars, and planets
c. both built temples and plazas
d. both conducted human sacrifice

Question 29

The Inca and Mississippians also shared some similarities with the Olmecs who existed many, many years earlier (1200-400 BCE) in central America

Answer 29

a. they also grew corn/maize, beans, maize, and sweet potatoes
b. they also built temples and had human sacrifices
c. like the Mississippians, the Olmecs built earthen mounds
d. like the Inca, the Olmecs built an aqueduct to bring water to the city

Question 30

The cultural traits of the Olmec that were shared with the other civilizations probably spread through _____, _____, and _____. Another reason that the civilizations shared so many similarities is that they had common ________.

Answer 30

trade, travel, and war

ancestors

Question 31

The cultures of Central and South America developed long before those in North America, however there is evidence that the cultures of central and South America spread to North America

Answer 31

a. the three sisters method of farming started in Central America in 2500 BCE and by 1500 CE it was being used in North America.
b. Ancient ball courts found in the Arizona area are similar to those found in Central America
c. Trade routes between Central and North America existed before the Europeans came to the Americas, so culture could have spread through trade
d. The mounds temples built around a plaza were found in both North and Central America

Question 32

Reasons the Adena built mounds

Answer 32

a. built small cone shaped mounds and effigy mounds in the shape of animals
b. their mounds were used for burials
c. they were a small population that had lots of resources and there was no need for agriculture

Question 33

Reasons the Hopewell built mounds

Answer 33

a. built large mounds, effigy mounds in the shape of animals and geometric enclosures
b. their mounds were used for burials, ceremonies, and religious gatherings
c. they had a large population that grew agriculture to provide enough food

Question 34

Reasons the Mississippians built mounds

Answer 34

a. built large temple mounds that were square and had steep sides, and effigy mounds in the shape of animals
b. mounds were used for burials, trade centers, ceremonies, religious gatherings, and for sacrifice.
c. they had a very large population who were master farmers