Social Studies Chapter 2: Native Americans Of N. America

Front 1

What is a group of families held together under a single leadership called?

Back 1

tribe

Front 2

What is an area in which people with similar (same) cultures live called?

Back 2

a cultural region

Front 3

What is a building used for shelter by the Iroquois called?

Back 3

longhouse

Front 4

What are belts or strings of polished seashells that were used for trading and gift-giving by Iroquois and other Native Americans called?

Back 4

wampum

Front 5

What is land set aside by the United States government for Native Americans called?

Back 5

reservations

Front 6

What were large, round huts built over a deep hole by the Plains Indians called?

Back 6

a lodge

Front 7

What is a place to live built by Plains Indians, made of poles placed in a circle, covered by buffalo hides called?

Back 7

tepee

Front 8

What is a sled made of poles tied together; used by Native Americans to carry goods (buffalo meat) across the plains called?

Back 8

travois

Front 9

What is a gathering of American Indians at a ceremony that often includes traditional dancing and games called?

Back 9

powwow

Front 10

What is the Spanish word for village, and the name of a group of people who lived in the Southwest Desert called?

Back 10

pueblo

Front 11

What is the Spanish word for village, and the name of a group of people who lived in the Southwest Desert called?

Back 11

pueblo

Front 12

What is the Native American celebration in which hosts give gifts to their guests called?

Back 12

potlatch

Front 13

What is a wooden post carved with animals or other pictures made to show a person's ancestors (past family) and wealth called?

Back 13

totem pole

Front 14

What was a Native American doctor or healer called?

Back 14

shaman

Front 15

What is a group that people form that unites them for a purpose called?

Example: The Iroquois League

Back 15

league