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Unit 1 Native American Cultural Regions Vocabulary

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Trading goods without money is called:
a)
wampum
b)
barter
c)
staple
d)
confederation
2.
This word means having extra of something
a)
staple
b)
wampum
c)
barter
d)
surplus
3.
A person who moves around and does not live in one place is called a?
a)
staple
b)
nomad
c)
confederation
d)
potlatch
4.

What word means the skill of raising plants and animals for human use?

a)

irrigation

b)

travois

c)

agriculture

d)

surplus

5.

Movement from one place to another is?

a)

migration

b)

mobility

c)

immigration

d)

globalization

6.

When there is a change to how one lives in order to fit new conditions or a new environment it is?

a)

adapt

b)

modify

c)

change

d)

photosynthesis

7.

What is archaeology?

a)

to study of objects to learn about life in the past

b)

To study scientific and historical fossils from dinosaurs

c)

To find cool stuff underground

d)

To study the relationship between geography and fossils

8.

What is a custom?

a)

A shared way of life of a group of people

b)

The spread of ideas

c)

an acceptable way of doing something

d)

a custom prohibiting or restricting a practice

9.

A groups stories and customs is?

a)

folktale

b)

myth

c)

fable

d)

legend

10.
Using science to help solve problems is? 
a)
invent 
b)
technology 
c)
manufacture 
d)
transportation 
11.

An object that was made long ago by people is an:

a)

ice cube

b)

artifact

c)

weather

12.

What is a tradition?

a)

It is something that people buy

b)

A set of customs people create over time

c)

Something that people build

d)

Something that people sell

13.

Religion is a system of worship and faith?

a)

True

b)

False

14.
The first Native Americans traveled across this to get to American. 
a)
Land Bridge
b)
Land Tide
c)
big lake
d)
Open Bridge
15.
Which word means an activity done for a special purpose?
a)
Ceremony
b)
Drought
c)
Potlatch
d)
Powwow
16.

The __________________ of many Native American groups used a system for organizing resources, such as goods and money.

a)

economy

b)

ancestors

c)

tradition

d)

confederation

17.

What is the definition of government?

a)

the idea that people agree to give power to others

b)

the population and territory of a given region

c)

the supreme authority of a state

d)

a system of laws and people who carry them out

18.

Vocabulary Word?

Definition: To focus on one kind of product or activity

a)

Specialize

b)

Interdependence

c)

Proclamation

d)

Separatist

19.

To talk and work with others is called?

a)

communication

b)

economy

c)

interact

d)

nomad