North American Indigenous Cultures

What does indigenous mean?

• old

• native, original to a place

• young

• new born

What were cone-shaped shelters made of animal skin called?

• adobe

• igloos

• horum

• teepees

What do you call a groups common set of values and traditions, including language and government?

• enviroment

• society

• culture

• religion

What was life like for Native Americans before the European explorers came?

• Native Americans lived off the land but struggled to survive.

• Native Americans spread around North America and found ways to live of their land successfully.

• Native Americans constantly fought with each other over land.

• Native Americans did not have many tools or advanced ideas before the explorers came.

When places share common or similar characteristics they are called a _______________.

• Movement

• Place

• Location

• Region

What do archaeologists study?

• Early humans through the analysis of ancient fossils, artifacts, monuments, etc.

• Animal migration patterns and habitats

• Population growth patterns and cultural changes that will occur in the future

• North American weather patterns to predict tornadoes, droughts, and hurricanes

Word used to describe people who move from place to place during different seasons to find available food. 

• cultural regions
• artifacts
• nomadic
• cultures

What is one reason groups of Native Americans often developed different cultures?

• They adapted to their environment in different ways

• They came to America from different parts of the world.

• They wanted to be different from other groups.

• All Native American groups were the same .

Native American groups of North America:

• did not share any beliefs

• had beliefs about land ownership that were very similar to those of the Europeans

• formed large empires like the Aztec

• often had religious beliefs that were closely linked to nature

artifact

• an object made by a human that is of importance to a culture or history

• a piece of land set aside or given to Native Americans for their use

• a group of loosely united nations or states; ex. Iroquois confederacy

• The time in North America before Christopher Columbus arrived in 1492.