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S.S. Ch. 2
Social Studies vocab Ch. 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| glacier | a huge rock, thick sheet of slowly moving ice |
| migration | movement from one region to another |
| agriculture | farming or growing plants |
| civilization | a group of people living together who have a system of government, religion, and culture |
| pueblo | the Spanish word for "town" |
| How did the first people come to North America? | By crossing the land bridge that linked Asia to North America |
| Explain the Land Bridge Theory. | Paleo-Indians crossed the Beringia Land Bridge. They moved to the Americas, to the TIP of South America. |
| What are Mound Builders? | Adena, Hopewell, and Mississippian Indians built giant mounds or hills out of earth to bury their dead. |
| Where did the Mound Builders live? | Ohio Valley, Mississippi Valley, and most of the Southwest (as far as Wisconsin) |
| What were Kivas? | Underground rooms used by the Pueblos for religious ceremonies. |
| What makes up the Aztec economy? | government, religion, culture, capital city (Tenochtitlan), roads, buildings, calendar, lots of people, and they controlled Mexico in the 1300s. |
| How did the first people find food? | hunting animals (including fish), migrating with the food, gathering nuts and berries |
| What happened when the Paleo-Indians stopped migrating? | They started farming, storing the food, and they lived longer |
| Pueblos were made of... | dirt clay(adobe), rock, many rooms. |
| Who made pueblos? | Pueblos (Hopi) |
| Surplus | extra food/supplies |
| potlatch | a large feast that could last for several days |
| clan | large, extended family. a group of related families. |
| What part of North America is considered the Pacific Northwest? Describe this area. | a coastal area with islands and bays, went from Alaska to California, rich in natural resources(salmon, spruce, cedar tree) |
| What was American Indian Tribe in the farthest Pacific region? Describe them. | Tlingit tribe. They hunted and gathered food from the land and waters around them, salmon was most important resource that they dried and ate, Wood was another important resource used for canoes, homes, and totem poles |
| Why did the Pacific Northwest Indians have Potlatches? | to celebrate important events...marriages, totem pole raising |
| Why did the Tlingit use bark for clothes? | They had no cotton, so they used resources (bark, spruce roots) |
| What was the Tlingit's one rule for the treatment of others? | A clan would pay a fine if they insulted another clan |
| Describe the Modern Tlingit. Where do they live? | They live in Alaska. They do: fishing, hunting, tree cutting/logging |
| What is the purpose of a totem pole? | They marked the entrance to the house, and they told the history of the families that lived there. |
| irrigation | a way of supplying water to crops with streams, ditches, or pipes |
| staple | a main crop that is used for food...corn, beans, squash |
| ceremony | a special event at which people gather to express important beliefs (Bean Dance) |
| Why was irrigation necessary for the Southwest Indians? | Because...there was very little rainfall |
| Describe the Southwest Land/Climate. | Low land, desert, high plateaus, dry climate |
| Why didn't they have wood? | Because...there was very few trees and it was very dry. |
| Name some Southwest Indian/Mexico Tribes. | Hopi, Zuni, Pueblo, Apache, Comanche, Suma, Yaqui, Concho(Mexico), Navajo. |
| Why did they grow crops inside of hunting and gathering? | Because...there were limited animal and plants, and because of the dry climate. |
| Who did the Hopi believe were the caretakers of the land? | Themselves/the people |
| lodge | home using bark, earth, and grass |
| nomad | person who moves around and does not live in one place. |
| travois | a sled used for carrying belongings. |
| How did the Eastern Plains Indians find food? | By hunting buffalo and farming land |
| Describe the Eastern Plains. | rolling hills, tall grasses, plains/flat lands |
| Name some Texas Plains Tribes. | Blackfoot, Crow, Iowa, Lakota, Comanche, and the Tonkawa. |
| What type of people were the Comanche? | fierce warriors, nomads |
| Why were horses important? | They used them to hunt and to travel. They also bartered with them. If someone had a horse, it showed wealth. |
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