First Americans
What is geography the study of?
The study of the land
What technology did the Anasazi use to bring water to their crops?
Irrigation.
What was the climate like in the Eastern Woodlands?
hot in the summer, cold in the winter
What resource did the Pacific NW Indians commonly eat?
Fish
What animal was unique to the Great Plains and used for all of its parts?
Buffalo
What is climate?
Weather
What did the Anasazi store their crops in?
Pottery jars and woven baskets.
What animals were used in the Eastern Woodlands as a resource? Name 2.
rabbits, bears, deer
What 2 thigs did the Pacific NW Indians use whales for?
meat, oil for cooking
What type of crops did the Great Plains natives plant? Name 2
beans, squash, sunflowers
Describe how the first people arrived in N. America
When the oceans were frozen and lower, they came on a land bridge by the Bering Strait.
What is the name of the clay that is baked into bricks that the Anasazi used?
Adobe
What resource was used to build gigantic houses 200 feet long?
wood, trees
Name 2 things the local indians used their resource of wood to build?
canoes, houses, bowls and utensils
What were their portable tents called?
Teepees
What changed for nomads that allowed them to stay in one place for a long period of time?
They learned agriculture, farming.
What unusual place did Anasazi build their houses?
Side of cliffs.
What other type of animal was commonly eaten in the Eastern woodlands?
Fish
What did the local Indians use to weave clothing?
Tree bark
What was unique about the Great Plains indians travel?
They travelled further and more often than other groups.
What important resource do all of these Indian groups share?
WATER!
What is the name of the dome shaped oven that the Anasazi used to bake food?
Hornos
Where did the Ojibwa live?
In wigwams
Who was in charge of how resources were used in this region?
Chiefs
What season did the Great Plains Natives plant their crops?
Spring