Lightfoot - Social Studies Vocab 10/15/24

Changing on a regular basis the crops that are grown in any one field.

• Anasazi

• Adobe

• Kachina

• Crop Rotation

A building material made from mixing water, clay and sand.

• Moiety

• Matrilineal

• Adobe

• Kachina

Family including more than the two generations of parents and their children (example: cousins, uncles, aunts, grandparents)

• Patrilineal

• Extended Family

• Matrilineal

• Moiety

A group of blood relatives: an important Indian social unit, especially in the Western pueblos.

• Moiety

• Clan

• Mano

• Metate

A group of people who are responsible for taking care of the religious rites/ceremonies.

• Kachina

• Adobe

• Moiety

• Adobe-Wan Kenobi

Spirit of an ancestor and messenger of a Pueblo Indian god.

• Matrilineal

• Clan

• Moana

• Kachina

A society where people trace their blood relationships through their mothers (Western Pueblos).

• Clan

• Pueblo

• Kachina

• Matrilineal

A type of farming done in areas with little rainfall. This requires special preparation of the soil and special farming methods.

• Drought

• Kachina

• Adobe

• Dry Farming

A religion that believes in many gods.

• Polytheistic

• Patrilineal

• Matrilineal

• Moiety

A type of society where people trace their blood relationships through their fathers (Eastern Pueblos).

• Patrilineal

• Kachina

• Pueblo

• San Diego Padres