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Native Americans (5th grade)

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  • American Indians from the same region shared the same...
    way of living
  • Who made the decisions in the Iroquois League?
    Great Council
  • What tribe lived in the Arctic Ice Fields?
    Inuit
  • How are totem poles and potlatches similar?
    Both show wealth
  • Describe the environment of the Southwest Desert region.
    hot and dry
  • What crops did the Southwest people grow?
    Corn, beans, squash
  • Why did the Iroquois speak to and thank the deer after they killed it?
    They felt a connection with nature
  • What was the purpose of the Hopi dance ceremonies honoring the kachinas?
    to ask for rain
  • What 3 things make up an environment?
    Natural resources, land, and climate
  • How did the Eastern Woodland tribes use animals (besides food)?
    Skins and fur for clothing, bones/antlers for tools
  • What was the role of the shaman in the Northwest Coastal tribes?
    to cure sick people
  • How did the first people get to North and South America?
    They walked across a land bridge during the Ice Age
  • Why did the Hopi build their villages on top of mesas?
    For protection
  • Which animal was important to the Great Plains tribes?
    Buffalo
  • The way of living of a group of people is called their.....
    Culture
  • What continent did the first people come from?
    Asia
  • How did the Plains people get food?
    Hunting and farming
  • What traditional craft did the Northwest Coastal tribes create?
    totem poles
  • What is one way the horses changed the lives of the Cheyenne?
    It made hunting buffalo faster and easier
  • What is an artifact?
    An object, such as a tool or clothing, made by a group of humans
  • How did the Cheyenne measure wealth?
    In horses
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