Environment
Before learning to grow crops, Native Americans relied on ______________ and _______________ for food.
hunting and gathering
This is the continent where the earliest Americans came from
Asia
tribe
Early Americans in the arctic build these temporary homes, shaped like domes, out of blocks of ice.
igloos
Which European came to North America in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
Tribes that lived near water would eat a lot of this plentiful creature.
fish
This is the land bridge that formed during the ice age and allowed the earliest Americans to cross to America.
Beringia
Arctic tribes would hunt these gigantic sea creatures.
whale
Natives of the southwest lived in homes made of adobe bricks which they called ______________.
pueblos
Why did many Native Americans get sick with the arrival or Europeans?
They brought germs.
Tribes of the Northeast and Southeast called these three crops the three sisters.
Beans, corn, and squash
nomadic
What was the purpose of the mounds built by the Mississippian tribes?
Southwest tribes left their pueblo homes and build homes along the cliffs, called ____________ ________________.
cliff dwellings
Where were some tribes of the Southwest forced by the Europeans to move?
Oklahoma
Why did tribes grow beans, corn, and squash together?
The three plants worked together to grow well and thrive.
Once tribes learned to grow crops, they began to live together in one common community, called a ________________.
settlement
If someone from one region needed a resource that didn't grow in their area, what could they do to obtain that resource?
trade
Two common types of homes for Native Americans of the Northeast were ________________ and ___________________.
wigwams and longhouses
Explain the difference in how Native Americans thought of the land they lived on compared to how Europeans thought of the land.
Native Americans used the land for hunting and gathering and respected it. Europeans wanted to own their own land for themselves.
Tribes that lived along rivers, streams, lakes, and ponds invented these boats.
canoes and kayaks
Nomadic tribes of the north were known for following herds of these giant animals. Killing just one provided food for a long time.
wooly mammoth
What was a weather-related problem faced by tribes of the Southwest?
not enough rainfall so not enough food
Why did many early American homes have holes in the roof?
to allow smoke from fires burning inside to rise and escape
Native Americans from the southwest were forced to trek to Oklahoma. This was a tough journey and many natives died along the way. This journey is now referred to as the Trail of ____________.
tears