Peoples of the Southeast Vocab

a group of people, organizations, or countries that join

together for a common cause

• confederacy

• busk

• supernatural

• thatch

an act or series of actions done in the same way in a certain situation,

such as a religious ceremony

• palisade

• confederacy

• ritual

• civil

a fence made of sharpened wooden posts

• ritual

• thatch

• harvest

• palisade

a group of families claiming a common ancestor

• palisade

• clan

• civil

• harvest

plant materials, such as straw, laid over each other

• palisade

• clan

• busk

• thatch

related to the government, not religious or military organizations

• civil

• harvest

• thatch

• supernatural

to gather crops at the end of the growing season

• ritual

• busk

• harvest

• supernatural

a ceremonial fasting time

• thatch

• civil

• harvest

• busk

beyond the world and laws of nature that can be seen or

observed 

• supernatural

• clan

• ritual

• palisade

The people erected a ________________ to protect their town from

further attacks.

• palisade

• thatch

• harvest

• busk