Native Americans of the U.S.

What are the items made by humans that we use to understand past cultures?

• irrigation systems

• Clovis

• Migrate

• artifacts

What is a way of life shared by people who have similar arts, beliefs, customs, and ways of doing things?

• culture

• civilization

• paleo

• domestication

What word means, “to move”?

• artifact

• domestication

• sedentary

• migrate

What is a society with cities, specialized jobs for different people, and a complex culture?

• irrigation

• domestication

• Civilization

• rural

Who were the first people to live on the land that is now the United States?

• immigrants

• Paleo-Indians

• Spanish

• Iroquois

How do we know about the Native Americans of the past? (circle all that apply)

• artifacts

• books Native Americans wrote

• Native American Diaries

• stories passed down through the years

What kind of homes did the Native Americans living in the Northeast build?

• tipis

• wigwams

• pit houses

• longhouses

What were the two main languages spoken in the Northeast?

• Algonquian and Iroquois

• Siouan and Caddoan

• Muskogean and Aztecan

• English and Spanish

Why was the Iroquois League of Five Nations unique?

• By working together, they became very powerful and influential

• They were the first tribes in America.

• They built huge city-states.

• They never had to grow their own food.

What crops were grown by the Native Americans in the Southeast? (Circle all that apply)

• corn

• beans

• squash

• tobacco