Chapter 1 Study Guide

Read the following passage

“If a nation, part of a nation, or more than one nation within the Five Nations should in any way endeavor to destroy the Great Peace by neglect or violating its laws and resolve to dissolve the Confederacy, such a nation or such nations shall be deemed guilty of treason and called enemies of the Great Peace.”

What is the meaning of the term endeavor?

• name

• ruin

• try

• join

Why was the land bridge formed between Asia and the Americas?

• People needed to travel so they built a bridge.

• When large animals died off, their remains formed a bridge for people to travel over.

• When Earth’s waters formed ice during the Ice Age, the height of the oceans dropped, exposing the land.

• When the Ice Age ended, the higher temperatures evaporated ocean waters, exposing the land.

Which tribe did the following?

let land rest for several years before replanting it

Choices: Hopi, Navajo, Pacific Northwest People, or Eastern Woodlands People

In which order did the following occur? 1 being the first that happened

• People begin carving totem poles in the Pacific Northwest.

• The art of carving totem poles is revived.

• Totem poles are first carved in southern Alaska.

• The U.S. government bans the carving of totem poles.

Which tribe did the following?

cut down only as many trees as needed to continue their way of life

Choices: Hopi, Navajo, Pacific Northwest People, or Eastern Woodlands People

What is the best definition of the term potlatch?

• a ritual in which the host gives away possessions as gifts to the guests

• a ritual in which a community gives presents to its new leader

• a guest who gives or receives a present at a Tlingit ceremony

• an enclosed cooking vessel given as a gift at a wedding ceremony

Which tribe did the following?

held ceremonies to restore hozho, or harmony with the Earth

Choices: Hopi, Navajo, Pacific Northwest People, or Eastern Woodlands People

Besides using them to hunt buffalo, in what other important way did Plains peoples most clearly use horses?

• to explore

• for food

• to carry goods

• for clothing

The movement of people from one location to another is called______________.

• transportation
• glaciation
• Paleolithic
• migration

VOCABULARY:

​ (a)   A way for families to display their rank and prosperity by bringing food, drink and gifts to the community

1. ​ (b)   Large apartment-style compounds made of stone and adobe

3. ​ (c)   A  Native American symbol of unity of a group or clan….could be displayed on a mask, boat or pole

• Potlatch
• Pueblos
• Totems
• Codex
• Glyphs
• Quetzalcoatl
• Obsidian