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NATIV AMERUCINS
THIS IS A VERY SWAGLICIOUS STACK OF STUFF FROM THE NATIV AMERICANSEDFAD
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Where did the iroquois live? | in present day New York |
| what houses did the iroquois have? | long houses |
| how many families lived in a long house? | 12 swag families |
| why was the league of the iroquois formed? | to end the fighting between the 5 nations |
| what are the five nations of the iroquois? | CAYUGA, ONONDAGA, SENECA, MOHAWK, ONEIDA |
| who chose the sachems? | the women did |
| where did the aztecs live? | around lake texcoco in central mexico |
| what was the name of the aztec capital? | Tenochtitlan |
| why was the aztec capital special? | because there were causeways that linked the capital to the mainland |
| what god did the aztecs pay special attention to? | they paid special attention to the sun god |
| what did they do to please the god? | sacrificed thousands of captives |
| where did the incas live? | south america |
| what was the capitol of the incas? | cuzco |
| what was the name of the god the incas worshiped? | SAPA INCA |
| what did they do to please the god? | they built temples and palaces decorated with gold ornaments |
| how did the incas unite their empire? | they maintained a system of roads |
| what did the incas do to get food? | they created terraces and farmed on the dry, rugged mountain lands |
| where did the anasazis live? | they lived in the four corners region where colorado, utah, new mexico, and arizona meet. |
| what did tha anasazis do to get food? what did they eat? | they irrigated the land and ate corn, squash, and beans |
| what were anasazi houses made out of? what were they called? | the houses were made out of stone and adobe (sun-dried brick) and were called pueblos |
| where were the houses located? | they were built along steep cliffs (which is why they are also known as cliff dwellers) |
| where did the mound builders live? | from the appalachian mountains to the mississippi valley and from wisconsin to florida |
| what were the mounds used for? | burials and religious ceremonies |
| what were the best known groups of the mound builders? | the hopewells and mississippians |
| where did the inuits live? | they lived in the arctic region of canada |
| what kind of houses did the inuits have? | pit houses |
| what were the Inuit's clothes made out of? | sealskin and caribou fur |
| how did the inuits get food? | they hunted and fished |
| what did the people of the northwest eat? | fish |
| what did the people of the northwest use to build their houses? why? | built houses out of wood from cedar trees because the resources were nearby |
| what is a potlatch? | a ceremonial dinner a family holds to show off its wealth. a potlacth could last for many days, and gifts are given out to the guests. the guests who received gifts are expected to hold their own potlatch and give out gifts too |
| where did the natchez/cherokees live? | the southeastern region of north america |
| how did the cherokees/natchez get food? | they hunted, fished, and farmed along the gulf of mexico |
| what were the social classes of the cherokees/natchez? | great sun little sun nobles honored people stinkards |
| who were the native americans of the great plains? | they were hunters, some groups were the blackfoot, the crow, the mandan, the dakota, the cheyenne, the arapaho, the osage, and the comanche |
| what did the native americans of the great plains do for food? | they farmed; planted corn, beans, squash, and sunflowers. the men would hunt animals on foot and take their families along with them |
| what type of home did the native americans of the great plains use? why? | they had tepees because they needed a house they could take with them when they move to hunt food. |
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