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- Indian lore
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- 34. North American Indians were not really red. The red color was
- from what?
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- Paint
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- 35. Indian men had the roles of what two things?
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- Hunter and Warrior
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- 36. Indian women built the homes, cared for the children, grew and
- cooked the food, and made the ________.
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- clothes
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- 37. Indian children were taught to be brave and to endure hard things.
- They were not allowed to quarrel or be fussy or ____.
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- lazy
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- 38. Indian babies spent most of their first year on a cradle _____.
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- board
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- 39. At what age did an Indian boy begin to learn to hunt and fight?
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- 8
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- 40. Indian boys had an initiation ceremony to become a man at what age?
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- 13
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- 41. Before he became a man, an Indian boy went away by himself for 3 or
- 4 days. During that time he ______.
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- fasted
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- 42. While fasting alone the Indian boy hoped to see a ______ that
- would help him the rest of his life.
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- spirit
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- 43. The leader of an Indian tribe was the _____.
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- chief
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- 44. A group of older members of the tribe who were respected for their
- wisdom and gave advice to the chief were called the ______ _______.
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- tribal council
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- 45. Indians got much of what they needed to live from things found in
- their ___________.
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- environment
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- 46. Indian corn was called ____.
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- maize
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- 47. Indian legends told about their tribe's _______.
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- history
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- 48. The Indian's religious beliefs were based on the _______.
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- legends
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- 49. Indians believed that both good spirits and evil spirits were
- everywhere. They called the Creator the _____ ______.
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- Great Spirit
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- 50. Indians did not believe that land could be bought. The believed the land
- was for ________.
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- everyone
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- 51. A large Southern Indian tribe was the ________.
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- Cherokee
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- 52. The Cherokee Indian family had two houses made of woven cane poles that
- were covered with clay. The roof was made of ____.
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- bark
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- 53. The Cherokee played a game with 75 to 100 players. The game prepared
- them for ___.
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- war
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- 54. The Indian tribe that lived North above the Great Lakes was the ________.
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- Chippewa
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- 55. The Chippewa made all their clothes from _______.
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- animals
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- 56. The Chippewa Indians lived in small huts called _______.
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- wigwams
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- 58. The plains Indians were the _____.
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- Sioux
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- 59. The Sioux depended on _______ for food, homes, and clothing.
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- buffalo
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- 60. The Sioux ate a food of dried meat, fat, and choke-cherries
- called ________.
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- Pemmican
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- 61. The Sioux Indians lived in homes that could be easily
- moved called _______.
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- teepees
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- 62. The Sioux Indians used ____ to carry their belongings.
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- dogs
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- 63. Besides using buffalo bones to make cups and spoons, tools and
- knives, they were also used to make ___ _____.
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- dog sleds
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- 64. Buffalo hair was woven into ____.
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- rope
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- 65. The Indians used a special language to communicate with other tribes
- called ____ ________.
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- sign language
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- 66. The peaceful Indians lived in the desert and are called ____.
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- Hopi
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- 67. The Hopi Indians built villages called _______ on top of
- flat-topped mesas.
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- Pueblos
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- 68. The Hopi men dug irrigation ditches to provide water for their main food
- of ____.
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- corn
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- 69. The Hopi women ground up the corn and made a bread they called ____.
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- piki
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- 70. The Hopi men grew what crop to provide for their clothing?
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- cotton
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- 71. The Hopi men grew the cotton, made it into thread, and wove it
- into blankets and ________.
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- clothing
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- 72. The Hopi women wove beautiful baskets and made _______.
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- pottery
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- 73. The Hopi believed in kachinas they thought helped them. Sometimes
- the Hopi wore a kachina ____ for a feeling of power.
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- mask
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- 74. An Indian tribe that lived by the ocean on the Northwestern coast was
- the _______.
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- Tlingit
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- 75. The ______ was the Tlingit's most important food.
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- salmon
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- 76. The Tlingit lived in large houses made of _____.
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- cedar
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- 77. The Tlingit men would catch the fish and the Tlingit women would clean
- and ___ them for winter.
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- dry
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- 78. The Tlingit had medicine made of, and lamps that burned, ____ ___.
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- fish oil
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- 79. The Tlingit depended on the water for fish, and the forests for cedar
- wood and ____.
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- deer
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- 80. The Tlingit had a huge family symbol in front of their
- homes called a _____ ____.
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- totem pole
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- 81. The Tlingit totem pole was usually a carving of an ______.
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- animal
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- 82. Today many Indians live in areas set aside for them by the
- government called ____________.
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- reservations
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