Eastern Woodlands Vocabulary Question Preview (ID: 43336)


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To trade goods or service without the exchange of money.
a) barter
b) fertile
c) myth
d) Division of Labor

A division of tribe tracing descent from a common ancestor
a) flint
b) clan
c) longhouse
d) confederacy

A union of people, parties, or states; a league
a) barter
b) myth
c) longhouse
d) confederacy

The assignment of different jobs to different people to get things done more quickly
a) clan
b) wigwam
c) Division of Labor
d) season

Rich in materials needed to support plant growth
a) fertile
b) wigwam
c) season
d) longhouse

A very hard, fine-grained mineral that sparks when struck with steel.
a) shaman
b) flint
c) weir
d) palisade

A traditional story, often with heroes or supernatural beings, explaining the natural world or the beliefs of a people.
a) myth
b) clan
c) flint
d) barter

A long communal dwelling used by certain American Indians
a) season
b) confederacy
c) Division of Labor
d) longhouse

A fence or wall of stakes forming a defense barrier or fortification
a) shaman
b) clan
c) palisade
d) scarce

Difficult to find, absent or rare
a) scarce
b) weir
c) wigwam
d) shaman

One of the four natural divisions of the year -- spring, summer, fall and winter
a) barter
b) fertile
c) scarce
d) season

A person who practices magic for purposes of healing, communicating with the spirit world, and controlling natural events
a) wigwam
b) palisade
c) shaman
d) longhouse

Small cylindrical beads made from polished shells and fashioned into strings or belts, formerly used by certain American Indians as money or jewelry
a) shaman
b) wampum
c) wigwam
d) season

A fence or trap placed in a stream to catch or retain fish
a) weir
b) longhouse
c) season
d) confederacy

An American Indian dwelling commonly having an arched or conical framework overlaid with bark, hides, or mats
a) wier
b) wampum
c) wigwam
d) confederacy

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