Native American Crossword Puzzle
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- 4. to water crops by bringing in water from pipes, canals, sprinklers, or other man-made means, rather than relying on rainfall alone.
- 5. the largest of six Native American nations which comprised the Iroquois Confederacy or Six Nations
- 8. the Native American people living mainly in southern Ohio from approximately 200 BCE to 500 CE.
- 9. also known as Ayenwathaaa or Aiionwatha
- 10. world-renowned for their silver and turquoise jewelry and hand-woven rugs.
- 13. people were prehistoric Native Americans who lived in current-day southern Ohio
- 15. the Central American cereal plant that yields large grains set in rows on a cob; corn.
- 16. one of the original five constituent nations of the Iroquois Confederacy in northeast North America.
- 18. the group of Native Americans originally from a village south of Cuzco
- 19. North American Indians who traditionally lived in what is now British Columbia, Canada, along the shores of the waterways between Vancouver Island and the mainland.
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- 1. People who migrated from Asia to North and South America between 15,000 to 12,000 years ago.
- 2. one of the indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States.
- 3. the Mexican people migrated into Central Mexico probably in about the 1100s.
- 4. the type of dome-shaped shelter built from blocks of solid snow
- 6. made their home in what became New York colony
- 7. the Native American people who have lived in the Arctic region for over 2,000 years.
- 8. indigenous group who have traditionally occupied Haida Gwaii, an archipelago just off the coast of British Columbia, Canada, for at least 12,500 years.
- 9. the Native American people believed to be descended from the Ancestral Pueblos.
- 11. means “ancient enemy.”
- 12. The land bridge appeared, connecting Asia and North America.
- 14. the shortage of rainfall in a region may cause dry conditions. If the shortage continues for a long time, drought results
- 17. the Empire rose in what is now Mexico and Central America.