Native Americans
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Begonia LopezB. All these sentences have a mistake.
Cross it out and write the correct
word(s) on the right.
1. In the beginning there was a small number of tribes. _________________
2. Native Americans believed that music controlled their lives. _________________
A. Have you ever
3. They keepA. Read traditions
their alive through
the following hunting and
text carefully andpoetry . _________________
choose the
4. They now best
live on land given by their ancestors . _________________
option to complete the sentences on the left.
1.1.Native Americans
Native5. Two of the most important pow-wows are held in the Summer . _________________
Americans
came
. came
. from…
from …
Originally the Native Americans came from Asia. Over 20,000 years ago, they
a)a)Africa
C. Now answer these questions on the text.
Africa
b)b)Asia traveled along land between Siberia and Alaska, Before the Europeans came to
Asia
1. What typeAmerica,
c)c)Europe
Europe of houses did were
there some over
of the tribes
300 live in?
different ____________________________________
groups or tribes.
Not all tribes lived in the same way. Some tribes lived in small earth houses and
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2.2.The
Thetribes
tribes…in
…inthe
the grew their own food. Some ate only the grasses, nuts and fruit they could find. Other
same
sameway. 2. Why did they hold special ceremonies for the spirits? _________________________________
way. tribes were fishermen and lived in wooden houses.
a)a)lived
lived _________________________________________________________________________________
b)b)didn’t Most Native American tribes were very peaceful. They wanted to live happily with
didn’tlive
live
c)c) are
areliving
living nature and each other. They thought spirits lived in natural things such as rocks,
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trees or water. They believed these spirits could bring success in hunting, farming,
3. Where do most Native Americans live now? __________________________________________
3.3.Most fighting or marriage. They held special ceremonies with dancing and music for these
MostNative
Native
Americans _________________________________________________________________________________
were
Americans were... ... events.
a)a)friendly
friendly
4. What do they Native
b)b)warriors
warriors
American
do in their festivals? __________________________________________________
songs and poetry are an important part of their tradition. Most
c)c)spirits
spirits tribes didn’t have a written language or history, so it was a way of keeping their
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stories and culture alive. Another tradition among some Native Americans was the
5. Why is it so important for them to have these festivals? _______________________________
4.4.The peace pipe. When they smoked this pipe with a stranger, it meant friendship and
The…
…was
wasaa
symbol of peace.
symbol of_________________________________________________________________________________
peace. peace.
a)a)spirit
spirit
Now most Native Americans live in the empty lands west of the Mississippi River.
landD. Now find equivalents for these words in the first three paragraphs of the text.
b)b)land
c)c)pipe
pipe Many live on “reservations”, land that the Government
1. more than ________________________________ 2. little ______________________________________
recognizes is theirs.
5.5.They
3. toplanted 4. friendly/nonviolent
__________________________________ Because they do not want_______________________
their old traditions to die,
Theylike
like tohave…
have…
a)a)shows
shows Native Americans hold festivals called “pow-wows” in
5. with joy __________________________________ 6. as for example ____________________________
b)b)pow-wows
pow-wows different parts of the United States. They perform their
c)c)exhibitions
exhibitions
E. Find opposites for these words in the last twodances
paragraphs
andofshow
the text.
their art and music. They also have
these ceremonies
1. east ______________________________________ to help their children understand their
2. few _______________________________________
In American Customs and Traditions
culture and history. Two very large festivals are the Bald
6.6.There
Thereare
are…
…big
big
festivals.3. to live ___________________________________
festivals.
4. hide _______________________________________
Eagle Gathering in Glacier national Park, Montana, in late
a)a)two
two October,
5. small ____________________________________ 6.and the
early United Tribes Pow Wow, which takes
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b)b)four
four
c)c)five
five place each September in North Dakota.
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