Chapter 16 Vocabulary

a group of people appointed or elected to make laws or give advice

• wigwam

• council

• hearth

• culture

tracing ancestry through the mother's side of the family

• matrilineal
• principal

• council

• sapling

a young tree with a slender trunk

• matrilineal

• council

• wigwam

• sapling

a hut having an arched framework of poles overlaid with bark, mats or hides

• hearth

• sapling

• wigwam

• council

a pattern of behavior shared by a society or a group of people

• council

• culture

• matrilineal

• principal

first order of importance

• principal
• hearth

• culture

• council

the area around a fireplace or the area of floor in front of it

• principal

• council

• hearth

• wigwam