pottery

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What is the first thing you do before beginning to make a piece of pottery? Options: knock all the air out of the clay, bake the clay, fire the clay, carve the clay

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knock all the air out of the clay

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Cherokee pottery vessels were used for: baking cakes and cookies, cooking, storage, ceremonies, home decoration, fish bowls

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cooking, storage, ceremonies

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Where does the clay used to make pottery come from? Options: the mountains, bottom of the lake, a cave, river banks

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river banks

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Some tools used to create a pottery vessel are: knives and chisels, water, carving tools, river stone, cookie cutters, spoons, needle, thread

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water, carving tools, river stone

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To create a small piece of pottery you would: make a ball, stick your thumb in center and use fingers to shape wall, make a round bottom, add coils, use a knife or scraper cut out center and shape, run the clay through a mold

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make a ball, stick your thumb in center and use fingers to shape wall

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Some different types of pottery vessels used by the Cherokees are: storage pots, cooking pots, effigy pots, pipes, tea pots, coffee cups, food gatherers, plates and saucers.

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storage pots, cooking pots, effigy pots, pipes

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this tool was used to

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stamp designs into the pot

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this is an example of a _________ pot because it has a rounded bottom to sit in the hot coals and texture to conduct heat and help with grip.

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cooking

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to score the edges on your pottery means to

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rough them up

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When firing the pottery in a traditional firepit, what makes the different colors on the pottery?

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smoke from the wood