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The Pueblo believed that the ___________ bring rain that helps their crops grow. Check your answer

What is kachina? Back to Board

The Eastern Woodland people used _________ (it’s a game The Eastern Woodland people used _________ (it’s a game!) to settle disputes. Check your answer

What is lacrosse? Back to Board

Unlike the Anasazi, the Aztec built an ________________, a large area ruled by a single ruler or government that includes many different groups of people.  Check your answer

What is an empire? Back to Board

Woodland groups used ____________ to clear land for their crops. Check your answer

What is slash and burn? Back to Board

In a __________, the host of a party celebrates by giving gifts to the guests. Check your answer

What is potlatch? Back to Board

If you saw a wooden building with a totem pole out front, which group would you think had built it? Maya Anasazi Aztec Kwakiutl Check your answer

What is d. Kwakiutl? Back to Board

The traditional home of the Navajo is a dome shaped ______________. Check your answer

What is hogan? Back to Board

Some plains people lived in a ________________, a home built of grass, sticks, and soil. Check your answer

What is a lodge? Back to Board

The Great Plains are covered mainly by _________, or flat, gently rolling flatlands.   Check your answer

What is a prairie? Back to Board

The Maya built a ________________ that included cities ruled by kings and calendars created to help with farming.   Check your answer

What is a civilization? Back to Board

The Inuit began to move farther north to remain in cold areas. What happened when the Ice Age ended and the world’s climate began to warm? Many animals died and Native Americans could no longer hunt them for food. The Inuit began to move farther north to remain in cold areas. People crossed the Bering land bridge to reach North America. The Maya began to farm, raising wheat and rice. Check your answer

What is a. Many animals died and Native Americans could no longer hunt them for food? Back to Board

They like turquoise and silver jewelry The Navajo believe in hozho or “walking in beauty.” What does that mean about the way they wish to live? They like turquoise and silver jewelry They want to live in balance and harmony They want beautiful objects They think the Southwest is a beautiful place Check your answer

What is b. “They want to live in balance and harmony?” Back to Board

Which two groups lived in the Pacific Northwest? The Anasazi and Navajo The Tlingit and Kwakiutl The Aztec and Maya The Inuit and Iroquios   Check your answer

What is d. The Tlingit and Kwakiutl? Back to Board

Why did Plains peoples save bison meat by drying it? It would not last until summer They needed to share it with others To have enough food during the winter To have it for a snack later   Check your answer

What is c. To have enough food during the winter? Back to Board

What was the purpose of the Creek Confederacy? To share ideas To protect themselves from enemies To split up farming To keep decisions secret   Check your answer

What is b. “to protect themselves from enemies”? Back to Board

What crops were called the “Three Sisters” by the Iroquois Check your answer

What are corn, beans, and squash. Back to Board

What does a totem pole represent the history of? Check your answer

What is family? Back to Board

What natural resource did Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest rely on?   Check your answer

What is the ocean-for fishing and hunting? Back to Board

What did the Pueblo do in order to get water to their crops since they lived in such a dry climate?  Check your answer

What is dry farming? Back to Board

Which group conquered it’s neighbors and built an empire in Mesoamerica? Check your answer

What is the Aztec? Back to Board

What is Ms. DeVriendt afraid of? Check your answer

What is the ocean? Back to Board

Where is Ms. DeVriendt from? Check your answer

What is Michigan? Back to Board

What is unique about the names of all the schools in the school district Ms. DeVriendt attended in grades k-12? Check your answer

They are all Native American names Back to Board

What was the name of Ms. DeVriendt’s favorite teacher in high school? Check your answer

Who is Mr. Allaire? Back to Board

Bonus!!! Check your answer

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