Northwest Coast Vocabulary Question Preview (ID: 43863)


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Growing crops, raising livestock, and farming.
a) agriculture
b) clan
c) cradleboard
d) epidemic

A group of people with a common ancestry
a) cradleboard
b) potlatch
c) extinction
d) clan

A board to which an infant is strapped.
a) raw material
b) cradleboard
c) clan
d) immunity

An outbreak of disease that spreads quickly.
a) epidemic
b) immunity
c) extinction
d) agriculture

A condition when all members of a group or species die out.
a) raw materials
b) clan
c) epidemic
d) extinction

Resistance to disease or illness
a) immunity
b) weir
c) totem
d) spirit quest

A traditional gathering that includes feasting, dancing and gifts
a) shaman
b) totem
c) spirit quest
d) potlatch

The basic material from which a product is made.
a) totem
b) raw material
c) weir
d) textile

An area of land set aside for Native American settlement.
a) clan
b) textile
c) reservation
d) weir

A person in a Native American community who heals people and communicates with spirits.
a) spirit quest
b) weir
c) shaman
d) totem

A rite of passage in which young people discover their life's purpose.
a) spirit quest
b) extinction
c) potlatch
d) epidemic

A type of cloth or woven material
a) shaman
b) raw material
c) reservation
d) textile

An object, believed to have spiritual significance, used as the symbol of a clan.
a) reservation
b) totem
c) spirit quest
d) clan

A fence or dam put in a stream to catch fish
a) cradleboard
b) totem
c) weir
d) immunity

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