Social Studies Unit 2 Vocabulary

1. - a Narragansett hut made of wooden poles covered in bark

• 1. Hydroelectricity

• 1. Peninsula

• Confederacy

• Wigwam

– electricity produced by flowing water

• Sachem

• Powwow

• Hydroelectricity

• Gorge

– a piece of land almost surrounded by water

• Reservation

• Peninsula

• Hydroelectricity

• Glacier

– a union of groups, countries, or states that agree to work together for a common goal

• Confederacy

• Hydropower

• Sachem

• Wigwam

– huge sheets of ice that cover land

• Powwow

• Hydropower

• Peninsula

• Glacier

– a deep, narrow valley

• Peninsula

• Confederacy

• Gorge

• Reservation

– an area of land set aside by the United States for Native Americans

• Hydropower

• Reservation

• Gorge

• Powwow

– a ruler over a portion of Narragansett territory

• Sachem

• Glacier

• Wigwam

• Peninsula

– power produced by capturing the energy of flowing water

• Gorge

• Sachem

• Confederacy

• Hydropower

– a Native American festival

• Hydroelectricity

• Peninsula

• Powwow

• Glacier