America 1492 vocab

What is a building material made of sun-dried earth and straw?

• Totem pole

• Adobe

• Kiva

• Plaza

Match the following terms with their definitions.

• A system in which lineage is traced through the mother.

• Matrilineal

• A communal village built by Native Americans in the southwestern United States.

• Archaeologist

• A scientist who studies human life and cultures of the past.

• Pueblo

• A ceremonial feast among Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest.

• Potlatch

What is an object made by people of the past?

• Mesa

• Artifact

• Earth lodge

• Status

Match the following structures with their descriptions.

• A carved wooden pole with symbolic figures, created by Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest.

• Plaza

• An open public space in a city or town.

• Longhouse

• A large wooden home shared by several related families of the Eastern Woodlands people.

• Totem pole

• A ceremonial room used by Puebloans, typically underground.

• Kiva

What is a sudden, large overflow of water, usually caused by heavy rain?

• Potlatch

• Flash flood

• Mesa

• Pre-Columbian

An underground ceremonial chamber found in a village of the Southwest peoples is called a (a)  

• Kiva
• Plaza
• Pueblo
• Adobe

What is a wide, flat-topped hill with steep, cliff-like sides?

• Mesa

• Totem pole

• Longhouse

• Artifact

What is an open, public space in a village or town?

• Plaza

• Kiva

• Earth lodge

• Matrilineal

What is a traditional home of the Plains peoples, made of wood, grass, and soil?

• Pueblo

• Longhouse

• Adobe

• Totem pole

A village of connected buildings made by Southwest people is called a (a)  

• Pueblo
• Plaza
• Kiva
• Mesa