Native Americans

agriculture

farming

neolithic

describes people who used advanced stone tools and weapons

adobe

Sun-dried clay bricks used by Native Americans of the southwest

Clovis Theory

Theory that Native Americans crossed a land-bridge from Asia into North America during the last Ice Age

corn

The most important crop grown by Native Americans

tipi

A home made of buffalo skins used by Plains tribes

longhouse

A home made of saplings and treebark used by the Iroquois

totem pole

Carved wooden structure used by Northwest Coast tribes to show their family history

irrigation

bringing water to crops by digging canals or some other means

buffalo

most important resource of Plains tribes

hogans

home made of wood and earth used by the Navajo

pueblo

home made of adobe used by the Pueblos

Sioux

A tribe of the Great Plains

confederation

Several political units (tribes) united under one government - used by the Iroquois.

igloo

A house made of snow or ice used by the Inuit

adapt

to make changes in order to survive