This was about 12,000 years ago when North America and Asia were very cold and covered with ice. It was so cold the rivers froze.

The way people live, includes you language, clothes, food, job, and home.

bitterroots and Camas roots

Women dug these roots from the ground; dried and baked them; and ground them into a fine powder that they used to make food.

This was a tool used to grind food. It was made from rocks. Sometimes the pieces of the rock would break off and be ground into the food. It would then wear down the Indian's teeth.

A round rock that was rubbed over a flat rock; these were used to grind dried food into a powder

meat the was dried into strips (to keep it from spoiling)

this was a dried meat that was ground into a fine powder, mixed with melted animal fat, and made into little cakes. Sometimes berries were added. Some tribes used meat from fish to make it.

A pointy tool, sort of like an ice pick.

This is a tendon that fastens muscle to a bone in an animal. The Indians used it to make bows.

One way the native americans talked to one another; they used their arms/hands to make signs.

symbols painted on rocks as a way to communicate. The paint was made by mixing plants and minerals with water, oil, or grease. Native Americans painted with fingers, strips or animal skin, or pieces of fur

A symbol that was scratched onto a rock with a stone.

two long poles tied together and fastened to a horse. one end of the poles dragged along the ground. A skin was fastened between the poles. The Native Americans piled things they wanted to carry on the travois. Dogs and then horses pulled the travois.

these were stories that native american parents and grandparents told their children. The stories were about people and animals and were often used to teach life lessons.

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Idaho History Ch3

Question	Answer
Ice Age	This was about 12,000 years ago when North America and Asia were very cold and covered with ice. It was so cold the rivers froze.
Customs and Cultures	The way people live, includes you language, clothes, food, job, and home.
bitterroots and Camas roots	Women dug these roots from the ground; dried and baked them; and ground them into a fine powder that they used to make food.
mortar and pestle	This was a tool used to grind food. It was made from rocks. Sometimes the pieces of the rock would break off and be ground into the food. It would then wear down the Indian's teeth.
Mano and Metate	A round rock that was rubbed over a flat rock; these were used to grind dried food into a powder
Jerky	meat the was dried into strips (to keep it from spoiling)
Pemmican	this was a dried meat that was ground into a fine powder, mixed with melted animal fat, and made into little cakes. Sometimes berries were added. Some tribes used meat from fish to make it.
Awl	A pointy tool, sort of like an ice pick.
sinew	This is a tendon that fastens muscle to a bone in an animal. The Indians used it to make bows.
Sign Language	One way the native americans talked to one another; they used their arms/hands to make signs.
pictograph	symbols painted on rocks as a way to communicate. The paint was made by mixing plants and minerals with water, oil, or grease. Native Americans painted with fingers, strips or animal skin, or pieces of fur
petroglyph	A symbol that was scratched onto a rock with a stone.
Travois	two long poles tied together and fastened to a horse. one end of the poles dragged along the ground. A skin was fastened between the poles. The Native Americans piled things they wanted to carry on the travois. Dogs and then horses pulled the travois.
Myths and Legends	these were stories that native american parents and grandparents told their children. The stories were about people and animals and were often used to teach life lessons.

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