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CKLA Unit 8 Spelling List 2

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Match the following spelling words with their definitions.

a)

lifestyle

1.

the way a person or group of people lives

b)

survive

2.

to stay alive even through difficulties or dangers

c)

ceremony

3.

a formal event done for a specific reason or occasion

d)

immigrant

4.

someone who leaves his or her own country to live in another country

e)

assimilate

5.

to become part of a society or culture

2.

Match the following spelling words to their definitions

a)

spiritual

1.

relating to the soul, spirit, religion, or sacred

b)

reservation

2.

an area of land in the United States set aside for Native Americans to live on

c)

landscape

3.

the area of land that can be seen at one time

d)

generation

4.

a group of people born in the same time period

e)

heritage

5.

the traditions and beliefs unique to a specific group and handed down from generation to generation

3.

All the Native American tribes in California lived in a hunter-gatherer (a)  

4.

Almost everything that Plains tribes needed to (a)   came from the buffalo.

5.

A Vision Quest was a coming-of-age (a)   that marked a young person's transition to adulthood.

6.

Throughout the second half of the 1800s, (a)   flowed into the United States from other places, particularly Europe.

7.

Some people in the United States wanted to help Native Americans (a)   and become part of the nation.

8.

Luther spent much of his life working to preserve Lakota (a)   and customs.

9.

Different tribes had their own stories and rituals, which they passed from one (a)   to the next.

10.

Three hundred years ago, American's Great Plains had a (a)   of wide-open prairies with rolling hills, lazy rivers, and endless grasslands.

11.

By 1890, it was common for native people to be forced to live on a (a)   in the United States.

12.

Through (a)   ceremonies, Native Americans gave thanks and praise to what they called "nature's helping spirits" and also asked for safety and mercy.