Yanomami

High school (ages 12+)
People & Society

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/yanomami

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the people group?Yanomami indigenous people
2. What is the estimated population?Approximately 35,000 individuals
3. What is a Yanomami village like?Yanomami villages are made of many families living together in a big, round house called a yano. The house is built with palm fronds and wood, and inside there is a big open space where people gather for talks, games, and ceremonies. This way everyone helps each other and shares everything.
4. How do the Yanomami make food and water?They hunt animals, fish in rivers, and grow crops by clearing small patches of forest and then letting the land rest so the trees can grow back. They also know many plants that can heal and use them for medicine.

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Slash-and-Burn Agriculture: A farming method involving clearing land by cutting and burning vegetation, used to prepare land for cultivation.
Cosmology: A theory or doctrine, especially a religious or philosophical one, concerning the order and constitution of the universe.