Studies Weekly 11 Vocabulary Quiz

What is a mixture of straw, water, and clay baked into hard bricks?

• adobe

• tepee

• wickiup

• clan

Which term describes a group of tribes working together?

• confederacy

• chiefdom

• tribe

• band

What is a tall, cone-shaped house made of bison hides stretched over wooden poles?

• wickiup

• adobe

• tepee

• clan

Which word means the original inhabitants of a place?

• tribe

• indigenous people

• band

• clan

What is a lodge home consisting of a wooden frame covered with woven leaves and brush?

• tepee

• wickiup

• adobe

• confederacy

Which term describes a smaller group of people who are closely connected, often by family ties?

• clan

• tribe

• band

• chiefdom

What is an official alliance between tribes called?

• band

• clan

• confederacy

Which describes a larger group of distant relatives?

• tribe

• band

• chiefdom

• clan

What term describes a group of people connected by a common language, belief, land, and culture?

• chiefdom

• tribe

• band

• confederacy

Which type of dwelling was commonly used by Plains Indians?

• wickiup

• adobe

• tepee

• clan