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US History
1.1 Pre-Columbian American
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Totem poles | Intricately carved logs erected by Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest to represent what was important to them |
| petroglyphs | Rocks drawings created by Native Americans of the Great Basin and Plateau |
| Mound Builders | Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands and Southeast who constructed mounds to bury the dead |
| animism | A Native American religious idea in which all things, living or non living, have souls |
| historiography | The study of the writing of history |