SS: Early American Cultures (Native Americans)

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Identify the powerful Native American culture that thrived in an empire that was centralized in Peru

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Inca

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Identify the powerful Native American culture that was conquered by conquistador Hernando Cortez

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Aztec

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What term refers to a group of people that are native to an area?

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indigenous

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The American bison or buffalo was important to the people that lived in this flat, central region.

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Great Plains

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What are the wooden, carved structures that tell the stories of Northwestern Native Americans?

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totem poles

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This dance was part of the culture of many Southwestern Native American tribes. In what ritual dance, usually performed in late August, is special clothing worn to encourage the gods to send a needed resource?

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rain dance

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The Inuit word "kayak" refers to which of the following: a dance, an animal, a musical instrument, a mode of transportation?

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a mode of transportation

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A calumet, which of some Native Americans still use on ceremonial occasions, signifies peace. Which of the following objects is it? drum, doll, quilt, pipe

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pipe

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Many Native American cultures' stories consider which animal to be a trickster? Options: eagle, rabbit, coyote, snake

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coyote

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In Native American cultures, who or what is a powwow?

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a social gathering