Forms of Government and Structures

a form of government in which the people rule, either directly or through elected representatives

• Theocracy
• Oligarchy
• Democracy
• Monarchy

a written plan for government

• charter
• treaty
• manifesto
• constitution

a group in which members remain independent but are loosely joined for a certain purpose

• confederacy

• teamwork
• collective
• association

dome-shaped permanent dwelling that housed one family; covered in bark during the winter, and grass during the summer

• teepee
• longhouse
• yurt
• wigwam

rectangular-shaped permanent dwelling that could house several families; made from logs and bark, and used as meeting places and ceremonial locations

• igloo
• yurt
• cabin
• longhouse

native; original to a place

• local
• regional
• indigenous
• native

the belief that animals, plants and even inanimate objects have spirits

• totemism
• spiritualism
• animatism
• animism

Northeast Indigenous people lived in what is now the _________ U.S. and ____________ _______________.

• central U.S. and northeastern Mexico
• southwestern U.S. and northwestern Canada
• southeastern U.S. and southwestern Canada
• northeastern U.S. and southeastern Canada

The cultural territory of the northeast indigenous people spread from the _______________________ to the _______________________.

• Pacific Ocean to the Rocky Mountains
• Gulf of Mexico to the Appalachian Mountains
• Mississippi River to the Ouachita River

• Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River

The region where the northeast indigenous people lived included many lakes, rivers and thick forests, as well as the ___________ Mountains.

• Rocky

• Appalachian