How were the people of the Plains and the Northwest Coast alike?
Each region used the natural resources in their area to survive.
100
The way of life of different people. This includes their language, government, religion, etc.
What is culture?
100
Explain irrigation. Which tribe and region used this system most?
Answers may vary. Hopis. Southwest Region.
100
This tool was used to catch fish. It was constructed of cedar bark.
What is a fish trap?
100
These were events by the people in the Northwest Coast that would last for days. Everyone would bring food and you would receive a gift for attending. What is this called?
What is a potlatch?
200
Found on a narrow strip of land along the Pacific Coast from Alaska to California. Dense fir, pine and cedar forest grew right to the oceans shore. The climate was mild but the area received heavy rain almost all year.
What is the Northwest Coast
200
Name given to the describe the movement of people from place to as changes in the seasons made food available in different areas.
What is nomadic?
200
These home were found in the southwest region. They were made out of stone and adobe and could be from four to five stories high. They looked like apartment buildings
What are pueblos?
200
The people of the Northwest Coast used tools to create structures that were displayed in front of their homes. These structures represented their family and ancestry. They are called...
What are totem poles?
200
These people chose the chiefs in the Iroquois tribes. The were the oldest women in the tribe and could replace a chief if they believed he wasn't doing a good job.
What are clan mothers?
300
This was the driest region. It stretched from the southwestern United States to Northern Mexico. Days were hot and nights were cold. The area contained mountains, flat topped mesas, canyons and deserts.
What is the Southwest Region?
300
Name given to areas where people of similar cultures settled.
What are cultural regions?
300
These homes were used by plains indians. The were made from wooden poles and the skins of animals. The shelters were portable and easy to put up and take down.
What are teepees?
300
This system allowed the people in the Southwest Region to grow crops because it used ditches and nearby streams to ensure water was available.
What is an irrigation system?
300
An area that was created during the Ice Age that allowed the first Americans to travel into America from North America.
What is a land bridge?
400
This region extended from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River Valley. From north to south it stretched from Canada to Texas. This area was mostly treeless grassland with cold winters and hot summers.
What is the Great Plains?
400
Objects from the past that are made by humans.
What are artifacts?
400
In the Eastern Woodlands the structures people lived in were made by bending small trees into a dome shaped frame. This frame was covered with mats made from birch bark trees.
What are wigwams?
400
These container were used by tribes in the Southwest to store food and water. They would have geometric designs and images of living creatures painted on them.
What clay pots?
400
This system was created in order to make unity and peace among different nations in the Eastern Woodlands.
What is the Iroquois (Haudenosaunee) Confederacy?
500
This region stretched from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean. It ran from the Great Lakes to the Ohio River Valley. Native Americans settled amongst its hills and mountains, in valleys and along sea coasts.
What is The eastern woodlands?
500
An sled-like device used by the Plains Indians to transport different items like their homes.
What is a travois?
500
This is a structure found in the Eastern Woodland region that could house multiple families.
What is a longhouse?
500
The Native Americans of the Eastern Woodlands used these for transportation on water. They were constructed of a cedar frame which was covered with the bark from birch bark trees.