Northwest Natives
Southwest Natives
Plains Natives
Northeast Natives
The First Thanksgiving
100
What are the tall logs that the Native Americans carved with stories from their past?
Totem Poles
100
What is the name of the type of land formation that the Southeast Natives would usually build their homes on for protection?
Mesa
100
What is the name of the animal that the Plains Native Americans relied on for food and many of their tools and clothes?
Buffalo
100
What is the name of the home that was made from long trees in which many families could live in?
Longhouse
100
What is the name of the tribe that the European settlers met in the new land?
Wampanoag Tribe
200
What is the fish that Native Americans fished for in the Northwest?
Salmon
200
What is the main type of food that the Southwest Natives would farm and eat?
Maize or corn
200
What is the name of the home that the Plains Natives lived in that they could pack up and move easily?
Teepees
200
What is the name of the home that was a dome-shaped hut or tent made by fastening mats, skins, or bark over a framework of poles?
Wigwams
200
Who is the Wampanoag Chief?
Massasoit
300
What is the name of the home that the Northwest Natives lived in that was made of sturdy cedar logs?
Plank House
300
What are multi-story house complexes made of adobe (clay and straw baked into hard bricks) and stone?
Adobe houses
300
What did Plains Native Americans use to travel and for hunting trips?
Horses
300
What the name of the type of footwear that a Native American would make out of animal hide?
Mocassins
300
What is the name of the ship and the people that came over to America in 1620?
Mayflower, Pilgrims
400
What is the animal that Northwest Natives hunted in the ocean using harpoons?
Whales
400
Name some of the crafts that the Southwest Natives created?
kachina dolls, pottery and/or baskets
400
What is a decorative Native American object in the form of a hoop and net with attachments such as feathers, said to keep bad dreams away?
Dream Catcher
400
How did Northeast Natives make birch bark canoes?
They took long pieces of birch bark and formed it into the shape of the canoe and sewed and lashed the seams together.
400
Who is the Native American that taught the English settlers how to farm and fish and survive the harsh winter?
Squanto
500
What is the name of the feast that the tribes had where the chief gave food and gifts to the people of the village?
Potlatch
500
Why did Southwest Native Americans build their houses up high with steep walls and no doors?
To protect themselves from other raiding tribes who wanted to take their food and goods.
500
What is the name of the item that the Plains Natives would put their babies in and lean them up against things to keep them from touching the ground?
Cradleboards
500
What are some ways that Northeast Native Americans got their food?
Used canoes to fish, planted and farmed vegetables, and hunted for animals.
500
How many days did the first Thanksgiving feast last?
3 Days
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