Social Studies Chapter 3 STUDY GUIDE

Vocabulary: Adapt to change the way you live to fit a new place. Barter to trade one item or service for another Constitution the basic laws and ideas that a government and its people follow. Key Concepts: Navajo stories show respect for nature. Some Navajos built their homes facing east to respect and honor the sunrise. To adapt to the desert, the Navajo learned to hunt animals and grow their own food. Today the Navajo live in Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. Redwood is the kind of tree that was in the forest of the Yurok. The Yurok traded or bartered when they needed something that they could not make. The Yurok used special shells as money. Salmon fishing is important to Yurok economy today. The environment had rivers full of salmon where the Yurok lived. The Cherokee Indians lived in the southeast long ago. The rich soil of the piedmont helped the Cherokee to grow vegetables. A Cherokee named Sequoyah invented a way to write down the Cherokee language. The Cherokee who followed the Trail of Tears traveled west. European settlers changed the life of the Cherokee because they fought the Cherokee for land and other resources. The Haudenosaunee lived in the forest in New York. The Peacemaker helped the Haudenosaunee form a government and constitution. Five Haudenosaunee nations formed a government to help them live in peace. Today the Haudenosaunee government works hard to protect Haudenosaunee land and traditions.