Pacific Northwest Tribes (Readworks articles)

An object or image that stands for (represents) something; a symbol (choose two)

• emblem

• clan

• totem

• potlatch

A group of families that are all related to one another going back many years:

• emblem

• clan

• tribe

• totem

Planned or carried out with great care and attention to details

• totem

• clan

• emblem

• elaborate

Great ceremonies held by native tribes in the Pacific Northwest are called:

• celebrations

• potlaches

• totem poles

• big parties

Potlaches include:

• stories

• games

• dancing

• singing

• all of the above

The climate in the Pacific Northwest can be described as:

• very hot

• very dry /arid (means dry)

• moist & rainy

• artic like temperatures

What does "acquire" mean?

• to get or have as one's own

• to hope to be something

• to give away

• to trade

The Pacific Northwest tribes of the past acquired their food by:

• agriculture (growing it)

• hunting and gathering it

• trading with neighbors

• buying it from the local market