5th - SS - Chapter 2 Lessons 3 & 4

Question 0

What Native American tribes lived in the Sourhwest Desert Cultural region?

Answer 0

The Hopi and the Zuni

Question 1

What was the climate in the Southwest Desert Culture?

Answer 1

Hot and arid

Question 2

A Spanish word for village?

Answer 2

Pueblo

Question 3

What were the Southwest Desert Cultural region Native Americans called?

Answer 3

Pueblo Indians

Question 4

Where did Pueblo Indians live?

Answer 4

They lived in villages

Question 5

Pueblo’s are thought to be descended from whom?

Answer 5

The Anasazi

Question 6

How were the Pueblo like the Anasazi?

Answer 6

1. They used irrigation to grow food.

2. They built apartment-style buildings.

Question 7

The Hopi placed their villages on top of high mesas. Why did they do this?

Answer 7

Such sites helped them defend themselves against enemies.

Question 8

What did the Hopi need to survive in the desert?

Answer 8

Rain

Question 9

What are beings the could bring them rain and other kinds of help?

Answer 9

Kachinas

Question 10

The Hopi performed what when they needed rain? And what did the dancers wear?

Answer 10

The snake dance; masked that looked like the Kachinas

Question 11

Where are the Hopi today? And how do they live?

Answer 11

More than 7000 Hopi now live on a reservation in northeast Arizona. Many still follow their ancient customs, but others live modern lives.

Question 12

A large party given by Native Americans; the people holding the party give gifts and food to their guests?

Answer 12

Potlatch

Question 13

A carved post with animals or other images that represented a person’s ancestors?

Answer 13

Totem pole

Question 14

A person Native American people went to when they were sick?

Answer 14

Shaman

Question 15

What was the Northwest Coast rich in?

Answer 15

Natural resources

Question 16

What Native American tribe lived in the Northwest Coast?

Answer 16

The Kwakiutl

Question 17

Did the Kwakiutl need to grow food?

Answer 17

No, they were able to hunt (seals, sea otters & whales) and gather so much that they didn’t need to grow food.

Question 18

Potlatches and totem poles were signs of what?

Answer 18

Wealth

Question 19

Where did the Kwakiutl get food?

Answer 19

They got food from the forest and the ocean.

Question 20

Who cured the Kwakiutl when they were sick?

Answer 20

Shamans

Question 21

Who could be Shamans?

Answer 21

Men or woman

Question 22

Who were important people in the Kwakiutl culture?

Answer 22

Shamans

Question 23

How did the Shamans help people?

Answer 23

They performed dances and wore carved masks.

Question 24

Because food was easy to find, what did the Kwakiutl have time for?

Answer 24

To carve and pain beautiful objects.

Question 25

What did the Kwakiutl use cedar trees for?

Answer 25

Houses were made from the trees and clothing from the bark.

Question 26

Where are the Kwakiutl today? And what are they doing?

Answer 26

Today, there are only about 4,000 Kwakiutl left. Most of the men work in logging, construction, and fishing.

Question 27

How has the Kwakiutl culture changed today?

Answer 27

Many aspects of their traditional culture have remained the same but they have also added some new customs. For example: foods such as sugar; powerboats instead on canoes; newer building methods; medical doctors and shaman serve people.

Question 28

Why did Kwakiutl give potlatches?

Answer 28

To show wealth and generosity

Question 29

How were the Hopi villages governed?

Answer 29

They were governed by the men. But the women owned all the property.

Question 30

What is the name of the Hopi village founded in 1050 and probably the oldest town in the United States?

Answer 30

Oraibi