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Social StudiesChapter 2

The First Americans

20 Questions!

T. SamsPiedmont Elementary

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What is a group of families that are related to

each other called?

clan

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The Northwest Indians carved a post showing

their family history. This was called a________.

totem pole

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Who chose the men that served on the Iroquois

Council?

the women

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The Cherokee formed a_________, which is a group of governments

that cooperate with each other.

confederation

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Mayan cities are called city-states because_____.

each city has its own ruler and government

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What did the Indians of the Great Plains depend

on for food and other things?

buffalo

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The Aztec’s empire included _________.

200,000 square miles in Middle America

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The Hopi lived in an adobe building with

rooms on top of and next to one another called a

_________.pueblo

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What do you call the practice of holding people

against their will and treating them as

property?

slavery

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Why did the Chinooks of the NW hold potlatches?

to share their wealth

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What is another word for exchanging goods, or

trade?

barter

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A cone-shaped house made from a log frame

and covered with mud or grass used by the Navajo

was called a________.

hogan

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What was an important source of food for Native

Americans on the NW coast?

whales

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What did the Iroquois decide to do after many

years of war?

form the Iroquois League and agreed to

live in peace

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A cone-shaped house made of poles and

covered with buffalo skins is a _________.

tepee

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What two things did the Navajos learn from the

Hopis?

weaving and farming

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The Iroquois home was made of bark with large doors at each end that

housed several families called a________.

longhouse

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Many Native Americans learned new ideas

by_____.

trading with other people

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The Chinook built a house partly over a hole

dug in the ground called a ____________.

Pit house

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North America became a land of great ________, or many differences, among

its people.

diversity

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North America became a land of great ________, or many differences, among

its people.

diversity

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Many native peoples often used _______, or

stories handed down over time, to explain the past.

legends

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