S.S. Chapter 1: The Land and Native Peoples of North America

To try to achieve a goal

• Totem pole

• Mesa

• Endeavor

• Potlatch

To take and gather crops such as wheat and corn

• Harvest

• Potlatch

• Slash-and-burn

• Totem Pole

A type of ancient writing that uses pictures for words

• Hieroglyph

• Oral history

• Mesa

• Prairie

Early human who lived by gathering wild plants and hunting animals

• Totem pole

• Endeavor

• Mesa

• Hunter-gatherer

A flat-topped hill with steep sides

• Harvest

• Potlatch

• Mesa

• Slash-and-burn

Spoken records, including stories, that have been passed from one generation to the next

• Oral history

• Mesa

• Hieroglyph

• Totem pole

A special feast given by Native Americans in which guests receive gifts

• Harvest

• Hunter-gatherer

• Prairie

• Potlatch

Flat or gently rolling land covered mostly with grasses or wildflowers

• Prairie

• Mesa

• Totem pole

• Endeavor

A method of clearing land for farming by cutting and burning trees

• Totem pole

• Oral history

• Slash-and-burn

• Mesa

A tall carved log used by Native Americans to honor an important person or to mark a special event

• Totem pole

• Hieroglyph

• Potlatch

• Prairie