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SS ch 1 vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Buckskin | skins from deer often used for clothing |
| cradleboard | a baby carrier used by Native Americans while they worked |
| tanning | a process of soaking, drying, and stretching hides to preserve them |
| longhouse | a rectangular shelter built by the Iroquois |
| wampum | Iroquois beads made from shells that were used for belts, money, and trade |
| wattle and daub | a style of shelter the Cherokees built using ticks or river cane plastered with mud |
| orally | the telling of stories aloud |
| shaman | a Native American religious leader |
| archaeologist | a person who looks for and studies artifacts to learn about the way ancient people lived |
| artifact | a man=made object left behind by people of the past |
| Creation Mandate | the command given by God for people to fill the earth to rule over it |
| culture | the customs, beliefs, and creative arts of a group of people |
| hogan | a Navajo home that was dome shaped and made of wooden poles, tree bark, and mud |
| kachina | a spirit who the Pueblo people believed controlled objects of nature |
| kiva | a special room in a Pueblo that was set aside for religious activities |
| pueblo | an American Indian village of the southwest made of stone and adobe buildings built very close together |
| tomol | a Chumash canoe built from cedar and redwood planks and sealed with asphalt |
| harpoon | a long=handled spear used for whale hunting |
| igloo | a dome=shaped house made from blocks of snow and ice or sode that was built by the nomadic Inuits |
| migrate | to move from one region to settle in another |
| potlatch | a Makah feast that often lasted several days in which the host gave gifts to his guests |
| totem pole | a large wooden statue with a series of carved faces of creatures stacked on top of one another that symbolize the family's ancestors; stood in front of many Makah homes |
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