Native Americans Study Guide

Resource

something that you find in a region that you can use to live

Region

an area of land where many things are the same

Culture

a way of life; this includes languages, foods, beliefs, and other ways of doing things

buffalo

a very large, hairy wild animal with a big head and small horns

religion

a belief in and worship of God or spirits

spirits

supernatural beings (angels, ghosts)

season

one of the 4 periods of the year: spring, summer, fall, winter

to harvest

to gather food crops at the end of the growing season

longhouse

long, wooden houses made by the Iroquois

tipi

a tend with a cone shape used by Plains Indians; made out of buffalo skin

The Iroquois and Choctaw were both _.

Woodland Indians

The Iroquois and Choctaw both played .

a stick game called lacrosse

The Iroquois and the Choctaw were _, but different.

similar

The or Cahokia Indians build large mounds of dirt to create temples.

Mound Builders

The Mound Builder's temples took _ years to build.

200

Cahokia was a ____ city (20,000 people).

big

The Mound Builder's society was _.

advanced

The Woodland Indians made homes from becaue they lived in forests where there was a lot of wood.

wood

The and Choctaw ate deer, rabbits and berries because they lived and grew in the forests.

Iroquois

The Indians lived and farmed near rivers because they lived in a desert.

Pueblo

The were important to the Sioux.

buffalo

The Sioux with the buffalo because the buffalo gave them many resources (food, clothing, housing).

migrated

The USA _ the symbol of strength (a bundle of arrows) from the Native Americans.

borrowed

The buffalo were important to the religion of the because they provided many resources.

Sioux

The _ were important to the Pueblo because the Pueblo lived in the desert.

rain spirits

The Woodland Indians (Iroquois, Choctaw) ate because these lived in the forests.

deer, rabits and berries

The first Americans (Native Americans) migrated to the USA from .

Asia