Unit 2 Vocab Flashcards
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What is a kachina?
Kachinas are spirits the Pueblo believed in. Kachinas bring rain and help crops grow. Pueblo believe kachinas show people how to live and behave.
What does migrate mean?
Migrate means to move from one place to another. The Navajo migrated to follow the animals they hunted for food.
What is a hogan?
A hogan is a dome-shaped home that can fit only 1 family. The Navajo built hogans out of log and stick frames covered with mud or sod.
What is a totem pole?
A totem pole is a log that is carved and then painted with symbols, called totems, of animals or people. Totem poles often tell stories of important family members or celebrate special events.
What is a potlach?
A potlatch is a celebration in which totem poles are often raised. During this celebration guests, not hosts, receive gifts. These celebrations sometimes last for days.
Where did the Tlingit and Kwakiutl live?
These two tribes settled in the Pacific Northwest. Most of their food came from the sea.
What is a prairie?
A prairie is a flat or gently rolling land covered mostly with grasses and wildflowers. Powerful winds, blistering summer heat, and cold winters are characteristic of this region.
What is a nomad?
Nomads had no permanent home and moved in search of food.
What is a teepee?
Teepees are cone-shaped homes made with long poles covered by animal hides. Teepees were portable and could be put up or taken down quickly.
What is a lodge?
Lodges are homes made of logs covered with grasses, sticks, and soil.
What does slash-and-burn mean?
Many tribes practiced a type of farming called slash-and-burn. They cut down and burned the trees in the forest. Ash from the burned vegetation helped make the soil fertile.
What are the “three sisters?”
The 3 main crops that were grown together.
Corn
Squash
Beans
What is a longhouse?
A longhouse is a home large enough for several families and were made of bent poles covered with sheets of bark.
What is wampum?
Wampum is polished beads made from shells that are woven together. It was used in ceremonies or as gifts and made by the Iroquois.
What is a confederacy?
A Confederacy is a group of people who work together for a common purpose.
What was the environment like in the Southwest?
The environment was hot, dry, desert.
What was the environment like in the Pacific Northwest?
The environment has coastal forest, rain, and mild temperatures.
What was the environment like on the Great Plains?
The environment was grassy flatlands and changing seasons.
What was the environment like in the Eastern Woodlands?
The environment has coastal forests with changing seasons.
What was the main food source for tribes that lived in the Southwest?
rabbits, snakes, prickly pears, berries
What was the main food source for tribes in the Pacific Northwest?
plants, berries, fish, deer, elk, beaver, bear
What was the main food source for tribes on the Great Plains?
bison, animals, berries, farming (corn, squash, beans)
What was the main food source for tribes in the Eastern Woodlands?
Farming corn, squash, beans and some hunting
