Introduction: Native American Cultures

What is the definition of Oral History?

• Stories written by historians

• The collection and study of historical information using only the voice or interview of a person

• Archaeological artifacts from ancient societies

• Letters exchanged between leaders

Which statement would NOT the definition of animism?

• Mountains and rivers have spirits.

• Only living things, such as animals, have spirits.

• Trees and rocks possess a spirit.

• All living and nonliving things possess a spirit.

A historian records an elder’s memories in an interview without using written documents. Which term from the chart best fits this method?

• Societies

• Cultures

• Animism

• Oral History

According to the slide, humans arrived in the Americas as early as how many years ago?

• 2,100 years ago

• 12,000 years ago

• 21,000 years ago

• 210,000 years ago

Which period is specifically mentioned as the time when people migrated to the Americas?

• Bronze Age

• Ice Age

• Industrial Age

• Stone Age (Neolithic)

How were native tribes different?

• They spoke different languages

• They were war like OR peaceful

• They were hunters OR farmers

• They were all the same

Which fossil animal image on the slide helps illustrate Ice Age fauna encountered by early migrants?

• Saber-toothed salmon

• Woolly mammoth

• Domestic horse

• Modern bison

How was history most commonly passed down, as described in the content?

• Written books

• Carved stone tablets only

• Storytelling or Oral History

• Government records

Which part of the bison's body was used to make clothing, teepee coverings and shoes?

• Bison's teeth

• Bison's hide

• Bison's brain

• Bison's bones

How were horns of a bison used by Native Americans?

• Ladles and Headdresses

• Spoons

• Cups

• All of the above