Grade 5 unit 1 vocabulary

A tall carved log used by Native Americans of the Northwest Coast to honor an important person or to mark a special event.

• totem pole

• mesa

• hieroglyph

• harvest

Early human who lived by gathering wild plants and hunting animals.

• harvest

• potlatch

• hunter- gatherer

• Mesa

A flat topped hill with steep sides.

• hieroglyph

• longhouse

• totem pole

• mesa

To take and gather such crops as wheat and corn for use.

• harvest

• gather

• potlatch

• mesa

A type of ancientwriting that uses pictures for words.

• harvest

• slash-and-burn

• hieroglyph

• totem pole

Spoken records, including stories, that have been passed from one generation to the next.

• hieroglyph

• oral history

• potlatch

• harvest

A special feast given by the Native Americans of the Northwest Coast, in which the guests receive gifts.

• potlatch

• totem pole

• harvest

• hopi dance

A method of clearing land for farmingby cutting and burning trees.

• mesa

• hunter-gatherer

• slash - and - burn

• harvest