7th Gr Soc St "Indigenous Civilizations of the Americas"

native; existing naturally or always having lived in a place

• tepee

• wigwam

• maize

• indigenous

Tags

CCSS.L.5.4B

CCSS.L.6.1E

third largest continent; stretches from Canada in the north to Panama in the south

• North America

• Iroquois Confederacy

• Cahokia

• South America

fourth largest continent; stretches from Panama in the north to Chile/Argentina in the south

• North America

• Iroquois Confederacy

• Cahokia

• South America

A very important crop grown by indigenous populations throughout the Americas

• wigwams

• tepees

• maize (corn)

• pueblos

round huts covered in bark or animal hides

• wigwams

• tepees

• corn

• pueblos

above ground houses made of heavy clay called adobe; built largely in the Southwest

• wigwams

• tepees

• corn

• pueblos

portable, cone-shaped tents made of buffalo hide; used by nomadic tribes on the Great Plains

• wigwams

• tepees

• corn

• pueblos

a spoken record of past events

• oral history

• The Great Spirit

• shamans

• animism

an all-powerful creator, or supreme god, that indigenous populations in North America commonly worshipped

• oral history

• The Great Spirit

• Shamans

• animism

the belief that spirits are present in natural objects, such as the sun, moon, water, plants, animals, etc.

• oral history

• The Great Spirit

• shamans

• animism