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10 Cards in this Set
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Culture |
Ways of life |
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Kayak |
Small boats made from skins |
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Potlatch |
A ceremony at which the hosts showered their guests with gifts |
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Mound Builders |
Built mounds for burial sites and city buildings |
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Anasazi |
Built large cliff dwellings, probably to defend against attacks by outsiders such as the Navajos or even the Aztecs |
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Hohokam |
Dug irrigation canals in the deserts of present-day Arizona |
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Basic Needs |
In many areas, women collected roots, wild seeds, nut, acorns, and berries. Men hunted for game and fished. |
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Shared Beliefs |
Native Americans felt a close relationship to the natural world. They believed that spirits dwelled in nature and that these spirits were part of their daily lives. |
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Far North |
The people of the Arctic lived in a vast and harsh land, some of it covered with ice all year long. |
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Northwest |
Many Native Americans lived in the region of the Pacific Northwest, the land that stretches from southern Alaska to northern California. |
