NAME_____________________________ Chapter 2 Guide
Social Studies- Chapter 2
Lesson 1- Native Americans of the Southwest p. 56 - 61
Vocabulary
 pueblo _________________________________________________
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 mesa_____ ______________________________________________
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 adobe____ ______________________________________________
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 kiva ___________________________________________________
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 kachina_________________________________________________
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 hogan __________________________________________________
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Write important details about the following.
The Hopi
Dry farming
Kachina Ceremonies
The Navajo
Spanish Influence (p.60)
Lesson 1 Review Questions – page 61
1. Write one sentence for each of the vocabulary words below.
Hogan - ______________________________________________________
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Kachina - ____________________________________________________
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Kiva - _______________________________________________________
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Pueblo - _____________________________________________________
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2. What is the Four Corners area?
3. Explain how the Native Americans of the Southwest used their
environment to enrich their lives.
4. Identify the main reasons Canyon de Chelly was a good home for
the Navajo.
5. Compare the Hopi with the Anasazi using a Venn diagram.
Lesson 2- Native Americans of the Woodlands p. 62-67
Vocabulary
 wigwam________________________________________________
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 longhouse ______________________________________________
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 wampum ______________________________________________
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 clan ___________________________________________________
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 Iroquois Confederacy_____________________________________
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 compromise____________________________________________
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Write important details about the following.
Deganawida -
Hiawatha -
The Hodenosaunee -
Clan Mothers -
Iroquois Confederacy -
Hiawatha -
The Grand Council –
The Penobscot -
Lesson 2 Review Questions – page 67
1. Write one sentence for each of the vocabulary words below.
clan - ________________________________________________________
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Longhouse -__________________________________________________
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Iroquois Confederacy - ________________________________________
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wigwam - ____________________________________________________
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2. What natural resources were available to the peoples of the
Eastern Woodlands?
3. How did the government formed by the Iroquois Confederacy help
keep the peace?
4. What role do clan mothers play in Iroquois communities?
5. Based on what you have read, what generalizations might you
make about the Eastern Woodlands people?
Identifying Cause and Effect p.68 - 69
Cause___ ____________________________________________________
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Effect _______________________________________________________
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Answer the following questions.
1. What is the cause and what is the effect?
2. Which might be seen as both a cause and an effect?
Lesson 3- Native Americans of the Plains
p. 70 - 75
Vocabulary
 prairie__________________________________________________
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 lodge__ ________________________________________________
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 travois__________________________________________________
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 coup stick__ ____________________________________________
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 teepee____ ______________________________________________
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 jerky___ ________________________________________________
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Write important details about the following.
Life on the Plains -
Horses -
The Lakota -
Training at Early Ages -
Importance of the Buffalo -
Lesson 3 Review Questions – page 75
1. Write one sentence for each of the vocabulary words below.
Jerky - _______________________________________________________
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Lodge - ______________________________________________________
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Prairie - _____________________________________________________
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Teepee - _____________________________________________________
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2. What kinds of homes did Plains people live in?
3. Explain how the Plain peoples used natural resources to survive?
4. In what ways were the two animals that were most important to
the Plains peoples around 1700 useful? What difficulties did they
present?
5. Predict how life for the Plains peoples would be affected by a big
reduction in the buffalo population.
Lesson 4 - Native Americans of the West
p.76 - 81
Vocabulary
 technology - _ ___________________________________________
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 potlatch - ______ ________________________________________
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 totem pole - ______ ______________________________________
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Write important details about the following.
The Northwest Coast –
The Tlingit –
Totem Poles –
Arrival of the Europeans -
Lesson 4 - Review Questions – page 81
1. Write one sentence for each of the vocabulary words below.
Potlatch - ____________________________________________________
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Technology - _________________________________________________
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Totem pole - __________________________________________________
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2. What opportunities did the Northwest Coast peoples have?
3. Analyze how the Tlingit use the environment of the Northwest
Coast to enrich their lives.
4. What effect did the 1971 Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
have on people in the area?
5. Draw a conclusion about how the environment is important to
the Tlingit way of life.
6. Compare and contrast the Native Americans of the West to the
Native Americans of the Plains. Use at least 4 details in your answer.
(Think about where they live, housing, food, values, and how they
survived.)