Civilizations in North America Quiz

What is a potlatch?

• A huge ceremony and celebration

• A type of canyon

• A type of totem pole

• A large, round clay pot

What is a totem pole?

• A type of olla

• A type of wickiup

• A carved and painted log set upright

• A type of kiva

What is an olla used for?

• Climbing down canyons

• Building adobe houses

• Storing different types of food

• Growing yucca plants

What is a cliff dweller?

• A person who carves totem poles

• A person who lives in a wickiup

• A person who lives on a rock ledge or cliff wall

• A person who builds adobe houses

What is a canyon?

• A type of olla

• A building material made partially of sun-dried clay

• An underground structure used for everyday and ceremonial purposes

• A deep valley cut through rock by river water

What is adobe made of?

• River water and rock

• Tough leaves and stone

• Sun-dried clay and grass

• Bark-covered branches and logs

What is a kiva used for?

• Assembling wickiups

• Storing different types of food

• Offering protection from the desert heat

• Everyday and ceremonial purposes

What is a wickiup made from?

• Sun-dried clay

• Carved and painted logs

• Logs or stone

• Bent grass or bark-covered branches

What is a hogan?

• A type of canyon

• A home made of logs or stone

• A type of totem pole

• A type of yucca plant

What is yucca?

• A type of potlatch

• A type of kiva

• A plant that grows in the Southwest with tough leaves

• A type of olla