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  • land that is mostly flat, or with rolling hills, with tall grasses and few trees
    prairie
  • method of farming, where you cut down trees and burn them
    slash-and-burn
  • What was the "sacred dog"?
    horse
  • flat-topped hills with steep slopes
    mesa
  • Thought to be the oldest desert Native American group?
    Hopi
  • The buffalo population went from 200 million to 200 in a less than 100 years. Who was to blame for this?
    U.S. Government
  • People that moved often.
    nomads
  • To gather crops such as corn & wheat for use
    harvest
  • What land type are the Great Plains?
    prairie
  • spoken records or stories
    oral history
  • special Native American feast, where the guests receive gifts
    potlatch
  • Early desert people used different types of what to raise their crops?
    irrigation
  • How did Native Americans pass down their stories?
    oral history or spoken records
  • Types of homes the hohokam lived in?
    Homes built partially underground
  • What does "picture writing" mean?
    hieroglyphs
  • What does "coexist" mean?
    live peacefully
  • tall carved log used by Native Americans of the Northwest coast to honor important people or events
    totem pole
  • What was most likely the biggest similarity between the Tlingit and Navajo people?
    Similar language.
  • Extreme cold period about 10,000 years ago
    Ice Age
  • Who were the first people to have settled in the Americas?
    hunter-gatherers
  • What do archaeologists study to learn about how early peoples' lived?
    artifacts
  • The Iroquois joined together to become one group. What were BOTH of their names?
    Iroquois Confederation & Iroquois League
  • The city of Seattle is named for Chief Seattle. What state is this in?
    Washington
  • What are the "Three Sisters"?
    corn, beans, squash
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