Lesson 5-Vocabulary

The Nez Perce was well-integrated into their environment. Well-integrated means...

• chaos

• unified

• well harmonious

• disorderly

The Coyote was the primary animal connected with Nez Perce legend, who had supernatural powers.

• having to do with forces higher than natural laws

• ordinary force

• true

• earthly

The Nez Perce developed a much more sedentary lifestyle in winter village sites. Sedentary means...

• extravagant

• compacted

• nomadic

• living in a fixed location

The Nimipuu or Nez Perce lived in prairies and river valleys of Central Idaho, Montana, Northeastern Oregon, and Southeastern Washington, an area of approximately seventeen million acres. Prairies mean.

• rocky

• valley

• open land

• prohibited land

Nimipuu traditions and knowledge of the surroundings were well-honed over thousands of years. Well-honed means

• blunt

• perfected

• fully-developed

• undeveloped

The community was built on the plateau. Plateau means...

• mesa

• low land

• wet land

• highland

Nez Perce was mostly reliant on big game hunting as a primary means of subsistence. Subsistence means...

• non-existence

• stop life

• continue to operate

• supports life

Some of them lived in semi-subterranean pit houses. Semi-subterranean means...

• below the earth's surface

• above the ground

• on the ground

• halfway underground

Nez Perce culture, beliefs, and values encompassing all their resources helped them thrive and multiply. Encompassing means...

• surrounding

• limiting

• including

• excluding

The resources in their homeland sustain their lives.

• support

• endure

• deprive

• deny