Native Peoples of North America Flashcards
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Key vocabulary for Native Peoples of North America — cultures, regions, and achievements.
Flashcards
- Iroquois Confederacy
- A democratic alliance of six Native nations (Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Tuscarora) governed by the Great Law of Peace.
- Great Law of Peace
- The Iroquois Confederacy's constitution; one of history's earliest working democratic governance systems.
- Pueblo peoples
- Southwest Native nations (Hopi, Zuni, Acoma) known for multi-story adobe buildings and advanced desert farming.
- Teepee
- A portable cone-shaped dwelling made from buffalo hides, used by nomadic Great Plains nations who followed herds.
- Totem pole
- A carved cedar pole created by Pacific Northwest nations to record family histories and honor ancestors.
- Buffalo (bison)
- The animal that was central to Great Plains cultures — food, clothing, tools, and shelter all came from the buffalo.
- Inuit
- Indigenous people of the Arctic who adapted through specialized technologies like kayaks, dog sleds, and insulated clothing.
- Longhouse
- A large communal dwelling used by Eastern Woodland nations like the Iroquois, housing multiple family units.
- Adobe
- Sun-dried mud brick used by Southwest Pueblo peoples to build multi-story structures in the desert.
- Great Plains
- Central North American grasslands that supported massive buffalo herds and nomadic hunter nations.
- Eastern Woodlands
- Region of forests east of the Mississippi River, home to nations like the Iroquois, Cherokee, and Algonquin.
- Pacific Northwest
- Coastal region rich in salmon and cedar forests; home to complex nations like the Tlingit, Haida, and Chinook.
- Haudenosaunee
- The Iroquois people's name for themselves, meaning 'People of the Longhouse.'
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