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Ch4 NativeAmericans
Test review material for Chapter 4 Native Americans of North America
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| technology | design and use of tools, ideas, and ways to solve problems |
| Sitka | a city in the Tlingit homeland located in Alaska |
| Tlingit | a tribe that lived in the Northwestern section of N. America built totem poles and held potlatches |
| totem poles | tall logs carved with designs of animals They were built to honor family members or new chiefs |
| potlatch | is a special feast or party at which the guests received gifts. They maybe held to honor a chief or to celebrate a wedding |
| salmon run | an important event in the life of the Tlingit The Tlingit still use this to get much of their food for the year. |
| Hopi Navaho Apache and Zuni | native tribes of the Southwest |
| pueblo | Hopi lived in these apartment style houses made from adobe clay Means "village" in Spanish |
| Old Oraibi | Hopi pueblo is one of the oldest settlements in North America |
| Dry farming | growing crops where there is little water |
| adobe | a type of clay used to build in the southwest |
| Kachinas | spirits who can visit Hopi villages for half a year. They bring rains and help crops grow |
| Crow Mother | the most important of all Kachinas |
| Nampeyo | an important artist to the Hopi. She revived Hopi art styles. |
| lodges | some plains Native Americans lived in these houses covered with grasses and sticks |
| teepee | a cone shaped tent made of animal skins usually buffalo |
| travois | a sled like device used for carrying people and belongings they were also used for carrying buffalo home after a hunt |
| horse | introduced to the plains indians by the Spanish led to the Lakota Sioux relying on hunting buffalo and moving from one campsite to another |
| Lakota Sioux | als0 known as the Dakota tribe lived in northern part of the Great Plains |
| Black Hills | home to the Lakota Sioux of South Dakota |
| coup stick | a special weapon used by the Sioux to touch the enemy without killing them |
| jerky | dried buffalo meat that can be eaten through the winter |
| winter count | Lakota Sioux way of keeping track of time Painted these records on buffalo hides |
| longhouse | long buildings made of poles covered with bark. Several families may live in these |
| Iroquois Confederacy | About 1570 five seperate tribes joined together Mohawk and Seneca were two of these tribes |
| Deganawida and Hiawatha | two leaders of the Iroquois who developed rules for the Iroquois to follow |
| Hodenosaunee Trail | A winding path that connected the five major tribes of the Iroquois it ran 250 miles |
| compromise | the settling of disputes by agreeing that each side will give up something |
| clans | a group of families sharing a common ancestor |
| wampum | was small polished beads that were made from shells it was used to trade for goods by thr Iroquois |
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