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Northwest Coast Native Americans Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does abundant mean?

a)

A little bit

b)

A lot

c)

A party

d)

A feast

2.

What does barter mean?

a)

To trade

b)

To take and not return

c)

To borrow

d)

To eat

3.

What is a Big House?

a)

A house with many rooms

b)

A mansion

c)

A large house made of cedar

d)

A teepee

4.

What is a canoe?

a)

A big narrow boat with pointed ends that is moved with a paddle

b)

A big boat with a sail

c)

A motor boat

d)

A small boar with round ends and is moved with your arms

5.

What is a ceremony?

a)

A type of boat

b)

A large feast

c)

A party

d)

An event that is part of a social or religious occasion

6.

What is a clan?

a)

A sport

b)

A husband and wife

c)

A group of families that are related

d)

A team of people that don't know one another

7.

What does it mean to fast?

a)

To move really quickly

b)

To not eat for a period of time

c)

To eat a lot all at once

d)

To have a party

8.

What is a glacier?

a)

A song sung by Native Americans

b)

A type of bird

c)

An ice cube

d)

A large area of thick ice that remains frozen and slowly flows over land

9.

What is a harpoon?

a)

A utensil for eating

b)

A spear used to hunt whales and other sea animals

c)

A type of sea creature

d)

A bow and arrow

10.

What does it mean to inherit something?

a)

To obtain from someone

b)

To trade

c)

To borrow

d)

To use

11.

What are types of natural resources used by Northwest Coast Native Americans?

a)

Cedar bark

b)

Fish

c)

Polar bears

d)

Cheetah fur

12.

What might you do at a potlach?

a)

Feast

b)

Read

c)

Give gifts

d)

Dance

13.

What is a reservation?

a)

The name of the Native American's shelters

b)

A type of store

c)

An area of land set aside by the US for Native Americans

d)

A park

14.

A totem pole might be put up for the following reasons:

a)

When someone passed away

b)

For decoration outside a house

c)

To celebrate someone important

d)

During a wedding

15.

What is a spirit?

a)

A type of animal

b)

What you call your friend

c)

A type of competition

d)

A force within that is believed to give power and energy