Native American vocabulary

Something used from the environment to help one survive.

• Culture

• Resource

• Artifact

• Cactus Hill

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

• irrigation

• travois

• agriculture

• surplus

The language, customs, ideas and art of a particular group of people

• culture

• authorized

• triumph

• terror

What is a kayak?

• small Native American boat made out of animal skins

• an underground chamber where Native American men held religious ceremonies

• a large wooden carving created by Native Americans

• a feast held by wealthy Native American families of the Northwest

What is a tepee?

• Native American house made of mud plaster over a framework of wooden poles

• a Native American religious leader

• a food mixture of corn, beans and squash

• a Native American cone shaped tent made from buffalo hides

People who were the first inhabitants of North America

• American Colonists

• Natives

• Native Americans

• Cactus Hill Man

Materials that are found in nature and that can be used by people in many ways.

• settlement

• shelter

• natural resources

• transportation

The language, customs, ideas, and art of a particular group of people.

• tribe

• settlement

• nomadic

• culture

A group of families or people with ONE LEADER.

• nomadic

• shelter

• culture

• tribe

Choose the vocabulary word that matches this definition: 
a form of corn

• sweet corn
• maize
• farming
• agriculture