Foy Native Vocab Word Scramble
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| Term | Definition |
| Bering Land Bridge | A strip of land connecting Alaska with Russia that emerged from underwater around 38,000 B.C. |
| Paleo-Indians | The first Americans who crossed from Asia into North America sometime between 38,000 and 10,000 B.C. |
| migration | The movement of people from one region to another |
| hunter-gatherers | People who hunt animals and gather wild plants to provide for his or her needs |
| environments | The climate and landscapes that surround living things |
| culture | The common values and traditions of a society, such as language, government, and family relationships |
| pueblos | Above-ground houses made of a heavy clay called adobe that were built by Native Americans of the southwestern United States |
| kivas | Underground ceremonial chambers at the center of Anasazi communities. |
| totems | Images of ancestors or animal spirits; often carved into tall, wooden poles by Native American peoples of the Pacific Northwest |
| teepees | Cone-shaped shelters made of buffalo skins used by Native Americans in the Plains region |
| matrilineal | Related to ancestry traced through the maternal, or mother's, line |
| Iroquois League | A political confederation of five Northeastern Native American nations of the Seneca, Oneida, Mohawk, Cayuga, and Onondaga that made decisions concerning war and peace |
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