North American Cultures

Artifact

• An object that people make, such as tools, pottery, or jewelry.

• A period of little or no rain.

• Having many related parts, not simple.

• Seperate.

Drought

• Rectangular type of home built by Northeastern Native Americans, made from wood and bark or mats made of reeds.

• Feasting and gift-giving ceremony in Northwestern Native American culture.

• A period of little or no rain.

• Domed house made from blocks of snow by Native Americans who lived in the Artic.

Complex

• Seperate.

• A period of little or no rain.

• Rectangular type of home built by Northeastern Native Americans, made from wood and bark or mats made of reeds.

• Having many related parts, not simple.

Distinct

• Rectangular type of home built by Northeastern Native Americans, made from wood and bark or mats made of reeds.

• Seperate.

• An object that people make, such as tools, pottery, or jewelry.

• A home made by Northeastern Native Americans, formed by bending the trunks of young trees and tying them together to make a round frame covered with bark or reed mats.

Longhouse

• Dome house made from blocks of snow by Native Americans who lived in the Artic.

• Portable, cone-shaped home made by Native Americans who lived on the plains.

• A home made by Northeastern Native Americans, formed by bending the trunks of young trees and tying them together to make a round frame covered with bark or reed mats.

• Rectangular type of home built by Northeastern Native Americans, made from wood and bark or mats made of reeds.

Wigwam

• A home made by Northeastern Native Americans, formed by bending the trunks of young trees and tying them together to make a round frame covered with bark or reed mats.

• Rectangular type of home built by Northeastern Native Americans, made from wood and bark or mats made of reeds.

• Portable cone-shaped home made by Native Americans who lived on the plains.

• Feasting and gift-giving ceremony in northwestern Native American culture.

Tepee

• Domed house made from blocks of snow by Native Americans who lived in the Artic.

• Portable, cone-shaped home made by Native Americans who lived on the plains.

• A home made by Northeastern Native Americans, formed by bending the trunks of young trees and tying them together to make a round frame covered with bark or reed mats.

• Feasting and gift-giving ceremony in northwestern Native American culture.

Igloo

• A home made by Northeastern Native Americans, formed by bending the trunks of young trees and tying them together to make a round frame covered with bark or reed mats.

• Dome house made from blocks of snow by Native Americans who lived in the Artic.

• Seperate.

• A period of little or no rain.

Potlatch

• An object that people make, such as tools, pottery, or jewelry.

• A period of little or no rain.

• Having many related parts, not simple.

• Feasting and gift-giving ceremony in northwestern Native American culture.

Scientists have learned about the Ancestral Pueblo mostly by studying

• oral history.

• written records.

• mounds.

• housing and artifacts.