Native Americans Vocabulary Answer Key

1 Clue:   an expansive area of fertile, level, or rolling grassland, esp. the central North American plain.
Word:   prairie
2 Clue:   a racial, political, or social group comprising numerous families, villages, or the like and having a common language, culture, and, often, ancestry.
Word:   tribe
3 Clue:   a story or body of stories based on tradition or legend, originating in the oral history of a preliterate society and incorporating its beliefs about the origins of the world, the causes of natural events, and the origins of the society's customs and practices.
Word:   myth
4 Clue:   a field game played by two teams of ten players each who use a long-handled stick with a net pouch on one end to carry or throw a ball into the opponent's goal.
Word:   lacrosse
5 Clue:   any of various large wild oxen, such as the bison.
Word:   buffalo
6 Clue:   a cone-shaped tent made with skins or bark, formerly used by some North American Indian tribes, esp. in the midwestern plains.
Word:   tepee
7 Clue:   a set or system of formalities, customs, or rites performed on certain occasions
Word:   ceremony
8 Clue:   white and dark cylindrical beads made from polished shells, formerly used by North American Indians as money and ornaments.
Word:   wampum