Regions
The Pueblo Indians lived here.
What is the Southwest region?
In the Southwest region, people build their houses with this.
What is mud or clay?
Only the Powhatans ate this food. It lives in water.
What are fish?
Animal skins made this house.
What is a teepee?
The Pueblo create this to hold water. It had designs on it that told stories.
What is pottery?
Prairie dogs, badgers, bison, and fast animals live here.
What are The Plains?
People depend on trees to make this form of transportation.
What are canoes?
This made animals have to run fast. It destroyed parts of the region but allowed for new growth.
What are fires?
All of the American Indian groups used this form of transportation.
What is walking?
All three American Indian tribes made these two contributions.
What is storytelling and respect for nature?
This region has cold nights and hot days. It gets less than 10 inches of precipitation a year.
What is the Southwest region?
Bison ate grass and grains near these animals that burrowed underground to make their homes.
What are prairie dogs?
This is when animals fly away to a warmer place for the winter.
What is migration?
This animal provided transportation and speed when hunting bison.
What is a horse?
These people depended on the rivers and creeks for fish and to get from one village to another.
Who are the Powhatan?
This region has four seasons and is located in eastern part of the United States.
What are the Eastern Woodlands?
Animals lived in holes in this plant. When the plant died, it became woody and was used by people to build things.
What is a cactus?
Name one adaptation animals do in the desert.
What is staying underground during the day and coming out at night? What is needing less water to survive?
These houses made of wood were made because the American Indians didn't have to move often.
What are longhouses or wigwams?
The Lakota depended on this animal for food, clothing, tools, and homes.
What is the bison?
This region is the same biome as the steppes in Asia.
What are the Plains?
These animals are the cousins of squirrels. Rattlesnakes, jackrabbits, and toads can live with them.
What is a prairie dog?
This type of cactus creates homes for birds, owls, and other small animals. It can grow up to 45 feet high.
What is the saguero cactus?
The name of the brick used to make this clay house?
What is adobe?
These people depended on the land to grow food using water and irrigation ditches.
Who are the Pueblo?