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30 Cards in this Set
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Why did early people begin settling in larger, permanent villages?
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to protect against enemies and they developed agriculture
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The major purpose of the Iroquois League was:
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to stop the fighting among the five nations, in time they would work together
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Which cultural item was used to group Eastern Woodland people as Iroquoian or Algonquian?
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language
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The __________, of the Iroquois Nation, had the largest cultural region in the Eastern Woodland.
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MOWHAWK
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In the Eastern Woodlands and the Northwest coast, how were trees used as their main resource?
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to make canoes, longhouses, tools, and food
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From their main dwellings (shelter)how did Arctic people adapt to their environment?
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They made igloos to adapt to cold in the winter and sealskin tents or sod huts in the summer
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The Iroquois used longhouses, how were they made?
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they were made from cutting long poles, and bending them and covering them with bark
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The Plains Indians used tepees, how were they made?
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Made by wooden poles and buffalo skin on top
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The Southwest Indians used pueblos. How were they made?
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-they were made with clay, stones and mud
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What is a clan?
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Extended group of family members that live together
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What makes a civilization?
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A group of people that follow the same culture (ways of life) religion, learning and government.
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The Eastern Woodland people and the Northwest Coast people mainly depended on this natural resource:
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trees/wood
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After water, what was the most important natural resource for the Plains people?
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buffalo
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How did the economy of the Arctic people cause families to band together?
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Traveled.hunted together; when there was not enough food the families shared seal meat.
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economy
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the way people of a state, region or country use their resources to meet their needs
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staple
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something that is always used---main food-corn, beans squasch
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surplus
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extra amount
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Native American Ceremony
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celebration of a cultural or religious event
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Division of Labor
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work that is divided so that it is possible to produce more goods
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class
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a group of people in a society who have something in common
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migration
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the movement of people, usually following animals they hunted
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cultural religion
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an area in which people share some ways of life
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artifacts
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an object made by early peoople, that scientists use to learn about their culture and lifestyle
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The "Mother Culture" of the Americas was the ___________, because their customs (ways of doing things) were continued in later civilizations.
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Olmec civilization
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Some Native American groups believe they have always lived in the Americas, they tell stories about their beginnings called _________ stories.
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origin
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Early people hunted giant animals like __________
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woolly mammoth and mastodons
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Land Bridge Theory
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Early people crossed into North America from Asia on the Bering Land Bridge
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Some recent discoveries hint that some early people may have traveled to the Americas by _________
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boat
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What is a tradition?
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A way of life or an idea handed down from the past
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adapt
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adjust to
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