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MAUE Test #3 SS
SS Test #3 Mrs Fisher MAUE 5th grade
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why dd the Native AMericans in the Great Basin have to move around to find food? | Farming was difficult |
| What was the most important feature of the Northwest coast to the Indians | The sea |
| What helped a large variety of plants to grow in the region? | wet climate |
| Where did the people of the Coast obtain most of the things that they needed? | from the sea water |
| What is a salmon run | when salmon come up stream to lay eggs |
| What did the people do with the salmon that they did not eat right away? | preserved it by drying or smoking it |
| What are examples of Tlingit technology? | cannons dams traps homes |
| Describe the totem pole | big tree trunk that the indians carved and painted to represent the family |
| What is potlatch | a special feast that the guest not the host receive gifts |
| What was the Alaskan Native Claims settlement act? | gave the indians control of 44 million acres of their home lands in Alaska |
| Why did the Tlingit have time to spend creating art and technology? | Because food was plentiful the Tlingit had time to specialize in making technology |
| How were the Southwestern Native American groups different from each other? | Navajo and Apache were herders and hunters Hopi and Zuns wer mainly farmers |
| Describe the Hopi land | Tall mountains, deep canyons, and steep mesas |
| What is dry farming | a way of growing crops n places where there is little water |
| What are Katchinas? | spirits that bring rain that visit villages for six months |
| How are the Kachina dolls used in the Hopi community? | they are used to teach children in the Hopi community about the special powers of the different kachinas |
| Who is Crow Mother? | mother of all kachinas |
| What is the major festival that is held each year and the kachina dancers dance? | the great green corn festival |
| Who is Nampeyo | a talented artist that makes pottery out of clay |
| What did she think about the ancient pottery design? | she liked them more than her designs and created her own ancient pottery designs |
| How did the Hopi maintain their traditional way of life | hpoi ceremonies, government, and organizations continue to exist because they continue to practice th hopi way of life |
| What events changed the plains people forever? | taming of the horses |
| Where did the horses of the great plains come from? | the horses had run away from their spanish owners |
| What was the most important change that taming of the horse brought to the plains? | it brought change in the economy of the plains people- the plains people became expert riders breeders and trainers and could hunt more buffalo |
| How did the plains indian lives change when the buffalo became the main source of food? | many stopped living at permanent settlements instead they moved form campsite to campsite to hunt another buffalo |
| what is a coup stick and how is it used? | a stick named from the french work strike or jit used in battle to injure the buffalo and not kill him |
| what are the 3 qualities that Lakota people admire | bringing honor to himself speaking and generosity |
| What is jerky | buffalo meat cut in thin strips and dried |
| what is pemmican | berries and fat added to the jerky |
| How did Lakota people record special events of the year | winter counts |
| How did they describe Hunif America hundres of years ago? | fertile soil, plenty of rain fall and almost completely covered by forest |
| How did the Penobscot live? | they moved from place to place hunting and gathering |
| Where did the Natchez people live and who were there ancestors? | descendants of the Mound Builders and ived in what is now the state of MS |
| What things did most of the different Eastern Woodlands people have in common? List 5. | lfarming people living in permanent villages buit homes out of wood grew corn, squash and beans They hunted and fished They shared similar beliefs and traditions |
| What was the Hodensaunee Tail? | one central route than ran thru villages of 5 peoples |
| Who did the most farming in the Iriquios community? | WOMEN |
| What items did the Iriqois obtai from the forest | animals for meat, maple syrup, nuts roots, vegetables, oils, fruits, berries, herbs for medicine and tea. |
| What are some of the powers Iriquios women had- Name 4 | they decided how the land would be used they decided who would use the land they were leaders of the clans the women owned the longhouses and everything in them |
| What was wampum and what did they use it for | bead made from shells that were strung or woven together |
| what were wampum used for? | it was given as a special gift to remember a special event |
| When did fighting begin to be a problem? | In 1300 when the Iriquois people began to grow |
| What caused the fighting? | conflicts over hunting land |
| What was the Iriquois Confederacy? | 5 separate Iriquios people banded together aka Iroquois league |
| What were the Great Laws? | rules and guidelines to living together in peace |
| What is a compromise? | settling a dispute by agreeing that each side will give up something |
| What are the names ot he two leaders that brought peace to the Iriqois? | Deganawida and Hiawatha |
| What were the boundaries of the iriquois influence by the 1700 | from the St Lawrence River to present day Tennessee in the south and to Michigan in the West. |
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