Ch2L3 pg.72-73 Navajo People

When did the Navajos begin moving into the Southwest?

• A.D. 500

• A.D. 1025

• A.D. 1500

• A.D. 2000

What did the Navajos learn from the Hopi people?

• Building skyscrapers

• Growing crops and making cotton clothing

• Mining gold

• Fishing techniques.

A traditional Navajo shelter is called a ________.

• Teepee

• Igloo

• Hogan

• Cabin

How were Navajo hogans constructed?

• Using bricks and cement

• Covering a log frame with bark and mud

• Carving into rock

• Using metal sheets

The Navajos built their hogans in ________.

• Large cities

• Small, family-sized groups miles apart

• Close-knit communities

• Underground bunkers

Which god was considered kind by the Navajos?

• Sun God

• Earth Mother

• Medicine Person

• Holy People

Who led the Navajo ceremonies?

• Medicine People

• Earth Mother

• Sun God

• Holy People

In healing ceremonies, what did medicine people create using colored sand?

• Sandpaintings

• Holy Symbols

• Earth Patterns

• Sun Drawings

The sandpainting was always ______ away after the ceremony.

• kept

• sold

• rubbed

• displayed

The desert lands of Monument Valley are part of the ______ lands. (look at the captions)

• Navajo

• Apache

• Sioux

• Cherokee