Week 2 | Life for North America’s First Peoples

American Indians mainly used ____________________ to communicate and to preserve their history and traditions.

• sign language

• an alphabet

• spoken words

• symbols

Crops grown in small mounds are called __________.

• milpas

• canoes

• dugouts

• petroglyph

__________ was used to cure stomach issues and skin rashes

• Sage

• Salt

• Black Willow Bark

• Milkweed

Another name for a canoe is a __________.

• boat

• dugout

• milpa

• petroglyph

Products from the land were communal and __________ among the bands that lived there.

• held

• owned

• sacrifice

• shared

American Indians did not believe in __________.

• celebrations

• creating art

• owning land

• trading with other tribes

Many tribes use this name to describe the Earth.

• father earth

• earth father

• mother earth

• earth mother

Tribes living in the United States today consider petroglyphs __________.

• interesting

• sacred

• fun

• important

A petroglyph is a/an __________ carved into rock.

• picture

• message

• letter

• alphabet

An example of American Indian records are __________.

• blogs

• diary

• journal

• petroglyphs