Topic 2 Lesson 1-3

descendant

• person related to a previous generations of ancestors

• person related to the gods and goddesses

• a group of people related to their future selves

• person related to ms. diestler

Igloo

• domed houses made from blocks of ice

• tree huts

• houses made of dirt

• houses made of whale bones

structure

• something built or constructed

• air

• love

• water

potlatch

• a ceremony which people only hug

• a ceremony which a high ranking family had a feast and gave gifts to their friends

• a ceremony where everyone is silent and no stories are told

tepees

• square shaped home

• houses made of whale bones

• portable cone shaped homes

• houses made of bark

wigwam

• home formed by bending the trunks of young trees into a round frame

• cone shaped home

• dome made of ice blocks

• house built of whale bones

longhouse

• bending trunks to make a round frame

• home formed by bending the trunks to make a rectangular frame

• dome made of ice blocks

• house made of animal skin

artifacts

• objects people make and scientists study

• objects that seals make

• NOT tools or pottery

drought

• long period of rainy weather

• long period of snow

• long period of extremely dry weather

council

• a group of people chosen to manage the affairs of a community

• a group of people chosen to hunt

• a group of women who sew

• a group of children who play all day