Topic 2 Lessons 1 and 2 Word Lists

What is an alliance?

• A portable, cone-shaped home made by American Indians who lived on the Plains

• An association formed to work together on shared goals

• A long period of extremely dry weather

• A feasting and gift-giving ceremony in northwestern American Indian culture

What is an artifact?

• A group of people chosen to manage the affairs of a community

• A person related to previous generations

• An object made by a human being, like a tool or weapon

• A domed house made from blocks of snow

What is a council?

• A group of people chosen to manage the affairs of a community

• A portable, cone-shaped home made by American Indians who lived on the Plains

• A long period of extremely dry weather

• A rectangular type of home built by northeastern American Indians made from wood and bark or mats made of reeds

What is a descendant?

• A person related to previous generations of ancestors

• A political alliance of five Iroquois groups in the 1500s

• A home made by northeastern American Indians

• A feasting and gift-giving ceremony in northwestern American Indian culture

What is a drought?

• an Iroquois clan leader

• A domed house made from blocks of snow by American Indians who lived in the Arctic

• A long period of extremely dry weather

• A group of people chosen to manage the affairs of a community

What is an igloo?

• A portable, cone-shaped home made by American Indians who lived on the Plains

• A domed house made from blocks of snow

• A rectangular type of home built of wood and bark

• A home made by bending trunks of young trees and tying them together to make a round frame covered with bark

What is the Iroquois League?

• A political alliance of five Iroquois groups known as the Five Nations in the late 1500s

• A portable, cone-shaped home made by American Indians who lived on the Plains

• A long period of extremely dry weather

• A feasting and gift-giving ceremony in northwestern American Indian culture

What is a potlatch?

• A portable, cone-shaped home made by American Indians who lived on the plains

• A feasting and gift-giving ceremony in northwestern American Indian culture

• A long period of extremely dry weather

• A group of people chosen to manage the affairs of a community

What is a tepee?

• A rectangular type of home built by northeastern American Indians made from wood and bark or mats made of reeds

• A domed house made from blocks of snow by American Indians who lived in the Arctic

• A portable, cone-shaped home made by American Indians who lived on the Plains

• A home made by bending trunks of young trees and tying them together to make a round frame covered with bark or reed mats

What is a wigwam?

• A home made by bending trunks of young trees

• A domed house made from blocks of snow

• A portable, cone-shaped home

• A rectangular type of home