Natives of the Northwest
Name two U.S. states that were settled by the Northwest Native Americans:
Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, California, Nevada
Between 40 - 100 million of this animal roamed the Great Plains prior to Europeans arrival
Bison
What is the theory on how the first Native Americans got to the Americas from Asia?
Land Bridge between Russia and Alaska
Area of land set aside for occupation by North American Native Americans is called what?
Reservation
True or False: Native Americans only hunted animals for the food that it provided?
False: They would use every part of the animal including bones and hide.
Igloos
What are cone-shaped homes made with long poles covered with animal hides?
Teepees
How many Native American Reservations are in South Dakota?
9
Wooden boats primarily used by Northwest Native Americans were called what?
Canoes
What was the name of the "carved logs that are painted with symbols of animals or people?"
Totem Poles
True or False: Horses are native to the Great Plains and were always used by Native Americans in the region?
False (brought by the Spanish in the 1500's)
What caused the land bridge to appear between Alaska and Russian that allowed people to travel to the Americas?
Glaciers/Ice Age
Which Native American reservation is closest to Rapid City?
Pine Ridge Reservation
What ocean(s) did the Northwest Native Americans live on?
Pacific and/or Arctic Ocean
Name two natural resources that were plentiful for Northwest Native Americans:
Whales, Blubber, Fish Oil, Timber, Fish, Seals, Walruses, etc.
What was the primary weapon used by Great Plains Native Americans to hunt?
Bow and Arrow
Name one of the three well-known Native American civilizations that lived in current day Mexico.
Mayans, Aztec, or Olmec
Why do Reservations exist? Why are Native Americans living there?
Forced onto Reservations by Europeans who came into the area.
What are objects created by humans long ago called?
Artifacts
Name one of Native American tribes that lived in the Northwest region
Inuit, Tlingit, Chinook, Tillamook, Shoshone, Cheyenne, etc.
Name two Native American Groups in the Great Plains:
Blackfoot, Mandan, Crow, Lakota, Pawnee, Comanche, Seminole, etc.
First Natives in the Southwest would build homes from this? Bricks made of mud and straw.
Adobe
Name all 9 South Dakota Reservations:
Pine Ridge, Cheyenne River, Standing Rock, Rosebud, Lower Brule, Crow Creek, Yankton Sioux, Flandreau Santee, Lake Traverse (Sissteon-Wahpeton)
What is it called when you guide waters from rivers to farming fields? Native Americans used this method to grow crops.
Irrigation