Social Studies Unit 2 Vocabulary artifact – something that was made or used by people in the past belief – what someone feels is true Cherokee – a Native American tribe which lived in the Southeast Woodlands Cedar plant houses – wood homes built by the Pacific Northwest Native Americans chickees – wood and grass homes built by the Southeast Woodland Native Americans Creek – a Native American tribe which lived in the Southeast Woodlands crops – plants people grow for food or other uses culture – the way a group of people live, made up of a group’s special food, music, and art desert – a dry area of land force – cause someone to do something against their wishes herd – a group of animals that live or travel together immigrant – a person who leaves one country to live in another Iroquois – a Native American tribe which lived in the Northeast Woodlands Kwakiutl – a Native American tribe which lived in the Pacific Northwest Lakota – a Native American tribe which lived in the Plains level – a floor of a building longhouses – wood and bark homes built by the Northeast Woodland Native Americans material – something needed to make something else
natural resource – materials found in nature that people use Navajo – a Native American tribe which lived in the Southwest Powhatan – a Native American tribe which lived in the Northeast Woodlands prairie – an area of flat land or rolling hills covered in grasses Pueblo – a Native American tribe which lived in the Southwest pueblos – clay and straw homes built by the Southwest Native Americans region – an area with common features that make it different from other areas Seminole – a Native American tribe which lived in the Southeast Woodlands settlement – a place that is newly set up as a home teepees – wood and buffalo skin homes built by the Plains Native Americans totem poles – tall wooden art of the Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest Tlingit – a Native American tribe which lived in the Pacific Northwest turquoise – a blue stone used by Southwest Native Americans to make jewelry
