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Foy Native Vocab
Term | Definition |
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Bering Land Bridge | A strip of land connecting Alaska with Russia that emerged from underwater around 38,000 B.C. |
Paleo-Indians | The first Americans who crossed from Asia into North America sometime between 38,000 and 10,000 B.C. |
migration | The movement of people from one region to another |
hunter-gatherers | People who hunt animals and gather wild plants to provide for his or her needs |
environments | The climate and landscapes that surround living things |
culture | The common values and traditions of a society, such as language, government, and family relationships |
pueblos | Above-ground houses made of a heavy clay called adobe that were built by Native Americans of the southwestern United States |
kivas | Underground ceremonial chambers at the center of Anasazi communities. |
totems | Images of ancestors or animal spirits; often carved into tall, wooden poles by Native American peoples of the Pacific Northwest |
teepees | Cone-shaped shelters made of buffalo skins used by Native Americans in the Plains region |
matrilineal | Related to ancestry traced through the maternal, or mother's, line |
Iroquois League | A political confederation of five Northeastern Native American nations of the Seneca, Oneida, Mohawk, Cayuga, and Onondaga that made decisions concerning war and peace |