Lessons 1-3

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Unit 1

• Lessons 1-3

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Vocabulary

1. nomad
2. migration
3. agriculture
4. adapt
5. technology
6. archaeology
7. artifact

1. The study of objects to learn about life from the
   past
2. A person with no permanent home who travels from
   place to place
3. The skill of raising plants and animals for human
   use
4. An object made by people
5. Movement from one place to another
6. The use of scientific knowledge to solve problems
7. To change the way one lives to fit different
   conditions

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1. A groups stories and customs
2. An accepted way of doing something
3. A set of customs that people create over time
4. More than is needed
5. A system of faith or worship
6. A system for organizing resources, such as money
   and goods
7. A set of activities done for a special purpose
8. To focus on one kind of product or activity

1. custom
2. tradition
3. folklore
4. ceremony
5. religion
6. surplus
7. specialize
8. economy

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1. A system of laws and the people who carry them
   out
2. To talk to and work with others
3. To trade goods for other goods without the use of
   money

1. interact
2. barter
3. government

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Why did members of the Great Plains groups have
different homes at different times of the year?

• In the ____________, the Great Plains groups
  lived in ___________ __________ and grew
  __________. In Summer, they left to hunt
  ____________ and lived in _____________.

Spring
lodges
earth
crops
buffalo
teepees
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Why did American Indians locate their villages
near water?

1. People and animals need __________ to survive.
2. They ate _________ from rivers and used rivers
   for __________.
3. They used the water for _____________.

water
fish
travel
irrigation
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Why did some of the American Indians of the Great
Plains travel?

• They followed herds of ___________ which was
  their ___________ source.

buffalo
food
8
How did celebrations and ceremonies play an
important role in American Indian cultures?

1. Religion
2. Culture
3. Nature
4. All of the above

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When did the Eastern Woodland Iroquois Indians
hold harvest celebrations?

1. When crops were gathered
2. After a day of rain
3. Once the seeds were planted
4. Each night after sunset

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In what ways have the American Indians shared
stories about their culture?

• American Indians had storytellers who knew their
  ____________. Most stories were spoken,
  ___________, or ___________.

folklore
chanted
sung
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What was the purpose of a potlatch in the Pacific
Northwest?

• It had a _________ purpose. The ________ gave
  away goods to the other members of the village to
  show how well he ____________ the groups
  ____________.

social
chief
controlled
resources
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Why was the Iroquois Confederacy formed? Why did
they meet?

• The Iroquois Confederacy united _______ groups in
  order to solve problems related to ________
  _______, trade, and _______. The council
  discussed an issue until every chief agreed on a
  ___________.

five
war
solution
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How did increases in surpluses of food and
specialized work help American Indian economies
develop?

• Specialized ________ and food _________ allowed
  people to trade their goods for things they could
  not make themselves. _______ helped the economies
  grow.

work
surpluses
Trade
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How did interacting within American Indian groups
affect their needs and wants?
As people interacted, they were introduced to new
______ and _____ . Trade helped groups meet their
needs. People began to _______ for goods they
discovered through trade.
goods
ideas
barter
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Pacific Northwest and Desert SouthwestIndian
Groups
Geography Climate Shelter Tools Utensils Food Clothing Technology Traditions
Pacific Northwest Western coast of US Canada, Washington, Oregon Wet, cold Large cedar, wood plank houses Finely carved wooden bowls utensils spoons Fish, whale hunted deer Gathered nuts berries Made from bark Made canoes that could be 75 feet long Held large feasts called potlatches
Desert Southwest Southwest region of the US Dry, hot Used adobe bricks to contruct villages of large apartment-style buildings Pottery jars Woven baskets Ovens called hornos Crops corn, beans, cotton Had to grow their own food Ovens called hornos Trade clothing made from buffalo Cotton clothing Irrigation Pottery jars Woven baskets Adobe Men wove cotton clothing
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Great PlainsEastern WoodlandsIndian Groups
Geography Climate Shelter Tools Utensils Food Clothing Technology Traditions
Great Plains Flat grassland west of Mississippi River Dry Earth lodges soil covered dome-shaped Lived in teepees while hunting Buffalo bones Knives and scrapers Farmed hunted Beans, squash, sunflowers Buffalo skins Tendons of buffalo used to make strings for bows Held large dances that lasted many days to meet groups spiritual needs
Eastern Woodlands East of the Mississippi Wide range of climates Ojibwa dome shaped made of bent wooden poles Mohawk longhouses Birch bark woven or bent into baskets Rabbit, bears, deer Growing crops Made from buckskins Birch bark baskets Canoes Held harvest celebration when crops were picked