Social Studies Chapter 2

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Across
  1. 4. Builders the Adena, Hopewell, and Mississippians were called this because they built giant mounds to bury their dead, along with jewelry, tools, and pottery.
  2. 6. Horses played a great part in the community—measured wealth and raised horses; fierce warriors and eventually became powerful Plains groups
  3. 8. hunted animals for thousands of years (large and small). They adapted to surroundings by learning to farm to feed themselves.
  4. 10. extra
  5. 11. Area of US with hills, mountains, plains, valleys; receives much rain, large forest; built longhouses
  6. 14. area of the US that is abundant in salmon, wood, deer, elk
  7. 16. a formal act determined by ritual or custom
  8. 17. an American Indian dwelling that several families lived in
  9. 19. area of US that is low, flat, desert, little rain and very dry
  10. 20. an organization of groups that band together to form a type of government
  11. 22. a method of channeling water in order to grow crops in dry land
  12. 23. a traditional feast of Northwest Indians
  13. 24. lived near the coast/rivers; hunted and fished, did not farm or herd animals; made clothes from bark; potlatches
  14. 25. a cool,wetland that became grassland and formed a bridge where animals and people migrated from Asia to North America
  15. 28. Plains area of US that is filled with grassland, rainfall vs. dry sides, farming vs. buffalo
  16. 29. a group of related families
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  1. 1. large buildings with many rooms that looked like homes; made out of mud and stone;
  2. 2. a large house made with wood poles and bark
  3. 3. underground rooms used for religious ceremonies inside pueblos
  4. 5. a shaped and cut seashell used to symbolize agreements and show important events
  5. 7. 5 nations who chose to live in peace as a confederation; clans led by clan mothers; wampum symbolized agreements;
  6. 9. a main crop and food
  7. 12. growing plants for food; farming
  8. 13. a town
  9. 15. Pueblo Indians; created homes out of adobe (clay); used irrigation to grow corn, beans, squash;
  10. 18. movement of people or animals from one region to another
  11. 20. a culture with cities, a government, and many different jobs for people to do
  12. 21. a person who moves around and does not live in one place
  13. 24. a sled-like carrier pulled by a dog or horse
  14. 25. to exchange goods without using money
  15. 26. a mass of ice that moves slowly over land
  16. 27. capital city was Tenochtitlan; they created their own calendar;