Vocabulary
Which vocabulary word means "an area"
a) region
b) tribe
c) indigenous
a) region
Which type of house did the plains natives live in?
a) wigwam
b) teepee
c) adobe
b) teepee
What type of housing did they live in?
a) teepee
b) longhouse or wigwam
c) cedar homes
b) longhouse or wigwam
What type of home did Southwest natives live in?
a) teepee
b) longhouse
c) hogan home (bark and mud) or adobe (clay)
c) hogan home (bark and mud) or adobe (clay)
What was the land like for northwest natives?
a) hot and dry
b) flat grasses
c) forest and rainy
c) forest and rainy
What does the word "indigenous" mean?
a) an area
b) the first people to live in a given area
c) a way of life
b) the first people to live in a given area
What was the land like for plains natives?
a) they lived near the ocean
b) they lived among all forests
c) flat and grassy land
c) flat and grassy land
What was the land like for northeastern natives?
a) many trees and forests
b) mainly flat land
c) marshes and swamps
a) many trees and forests
What type of food did southwest natives eat?
a) berries & deer
b) fish & shrimp
c) sheep, turkey & squash
c) sheep, turkey & squash
What type of houses did northwest natives live in?
a) adobe clay homes
b) teepees to put up and down
c) plank houses from cedar
c) plank houses from cedar
Which vocabulary word means "groups of people or a community"?
a) region
b) culture
c) tribe
c) tribe
How did plains natives get around ? (transportation)
a) walking / by foot
b) by canoe
c) by wagon
a) walking / by foot
a) only by foot
b) canoe and sled in winter
c) only horse
b) canoe and sled in winter
How did southwest natives travel?
a) by foot
b) by canoe
c) by wagon
a) by foot
What type of transportation did northwest natives use?
a) canoes
b) by foot
c) horses
a) canoes
Which of the following is an example of "culture"
a) Wearing bright-colored clothing
b) eating turkey for Thanksgiving
c) both a and b
c) both a and b
What did plains natives eat?
a) lots of fish, whale and shrimp
b) deer, elk, berries
c) turkey, chicken, eggs
b) deer, elk, berries
a) whale and scallops, cactus
b) salmon, shrimp
c) turkey, deer, corn, squash
c) turkey, deer, corn, squash
What was a tool or important object to Southwest natives?
a) harpoon (hunt whale)
b) bow and arrow
c) pottery and metate (grind up corn)
c) pottery and metate (grind up corn)
What was an important tool for these natives?
a) snowshoes
b) harpoon
c) pottery
b) harpoon
Describe what the word "culture" means.
A way of life. The way people dress, eat, celebrate holidays, talk etc.
What animal did plains natives heavily depend on?
the Bison
How did northeastern natives hunt? What was a main tool?
a) bow and arrow
b) ax
c) harpoon
a) bow and arrow
What was the land like for the southwest natives?
very hot and dry , rocky, desert, few rivers and lakes, cactus grows here. (accept any)
What type of food did these natives mainly eat?
Salmon, whales, sea lion, seaweed, clams, fruits & berries