Native American Regions Study Guide
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Flashcards covering key vocabulary, regions, and cultural practices of Native American tribes across North America based on the lecture notes.
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What are canoes used by some of the early Native Ameican tribes for travel?
Umiaks and Dugouts
What region had fertile soil, forests, and rivers?
Eastern Woodlands
Why did the Iroquois form the Great Council formed?
to make laws and decisions for all five Iroquois leagues
What Eastern Woodland home made of tree and bark fit many families?
longhouse
What leader was designated for peace in some Native American tribes?
White Chief
What was the Green Corn Ceremony?
to show gratitude for a successful harvest
What region had flat grassy land with few trees?
Great Plains
What did the Great Plains tribes use to carry buffalo back to camp?
travois
What are temporary homes in the Great Plains that could be moved for hunting?
Tipis
What region developed an irrigation system because it was dry, hot, and arid?
Southwest region
What was developed in the Southwest due to dry land, making it possible to grow crops
Irrigation system
What do they call hills with flat tops found in the Southwest region.
Mesas
What was used to build homes in the Southwest, forming villages called pueblos.
Adobe bricks
What are villages built from adobe bricks in the Southwest.
Pueblos
What was the purpose of Kachina dolls?
They were used in the Southwest to educate children on religion.
What is a Matrilineal system?
A system in the Southwest where women owned property.
In what region where totem poles were used to tell stories?
The Northwest
What is a Totem pole?
A totem pole was used by Northwest peoples to tell a three-part story about their past, present, and future.
What is a Potlatch?
Celebrations in the Northwest to show wealth, status, marriage, and other important aspects, lasting for days with feasts and lavish gifts.
Shaman
A man or woman who served as a medicine man in some Native American cultures, particularly in the Northwest.
Arctic region
A polar desert region characterized by cold, flat, treeless permafrost.
Igloos
Homes made out of blocks of ice in the Arctic region.
Permafrost
Permanently frozen ground found in the Arctic region.
Great Basin region
A region with cold winters, hot summers, and little rainfall.
Bear Dance
Performed by peoples of the Great Basin to release stress after a long winter.
Dat So La Lee
A famous basket weaver from the Great Basin region.
