Macmillan/McGraw-Hill United States: Adventures in Time and Place: Chapter 4 Vocabulary flash cards

Set: Macmillan/McGraw-Hill United States: Adventures in Time and Place: Chapter 4 Vocabulary

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	Term	Definition
	technology	The design and use of tools, ideas, and methods to solve problems.
	totem pole	Tall logs carved with many designs.
	potlatch	Special feasts at which the guests, not the hosts, receive gifts.
	pueblo	A Spanish word meaning "village" used to refer to the apartment-style homes of the Native Americans of the Southwest.
	adobe	A type of clay traditionally used as a building material by Native Americans and later Spanish colonists in the Southwest.
	kachina	In Pueblo religion, the living spirit of an ancestor who helps bring rain and makes crops grow.
	lodge	A home made of logs covered with grasses, sticks, and soil.
	prairie	Flat or gently rolling land covered mostly with grasses and wildflowers.
	teepee	A cone-shaped tent made of animal skins.
	travois	A sled-like device used for carrying people and belongings.
	coup stick	A special weapon used by a Lakota Sioux soldier to show his bravery by touching, but not killing, his enemy.
	jerky	Thin strips of sun-dried meat.
	longhouse	Long buildings made of poles covered with sheets of bark.
	wampum	Small, polished beads that were usually made from shells and then strung or woven together.
	clan	A group of families who share the same ancestor.
	Iroquois Confederacy	The union of the five major Iroquois peoples beginning about 1570.
	compromise	The settling of a dispute by each side agreeing to give up part of its demands.

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