Northwest
What peart of North America is considered the pacific Northwest?
The Coastal area that reaches from Alaska to Northern California.
What is the land like in the Southwest?
Much of the land is low, flat desert, with high temperatures in some places.
What is irrigation?
A method of channeling water in order to grow crops in dry land.
What did the Hopi people call their homes?
Pueblos
What materials did the Tlingit people use to build their homes?
Boards cut from cedar trees.
In what state do many Tlingit live today?
Alaska
Why was irrigation important for the Southwest people?
The southwest has little rainfall.
What is a clan?
A group of related families.
What was the staple crop of the early Hopi Indians?
Corn
List three way the Northwest Indians used wood?
Canoes, houses, and totem poles.
What important resources did the Northwest Indians catch in rivers?
They caught salmon.
Where is the southwest located?
The Southwest is located in present day Arizona, New Mexico, part of Texas, and part of Mexico
What is staple?
A main crop and food.
What did the hopi people make their clothing out of?
Cotton
What did the inside of a Tlingit house look like?
It was divided to give each family its own area. a cooking fire burned in the center of the house.
How did the Northwest forest influence the Indians living there?
Northwest Indians used the cedar and spruce trees to build large houses. These large houses became central to their culture.
Name three ways the Hopi adapted to the dry climate of the southwest.
The Hopi built shelters using stones and clay, and irrigated their crops.
What is Surplus?
Extra
For what purpose did the Hopi make pots?
How did a salmon trap work?
It stopped the salmon. Some fish were speared and others were swept into the trap on either side.
What was Beringia and where was it located?
Beringia was a land bridge that once connected Asia and North America.
Why did the Southwest Indians grow crops instead of relying on hunting and gathering?
The dry climate limited the amount and variety of plants and animals they could have hunted or gathered for food.
What is a potlatch?
A traditional feast of Northwest Indians.
What do the Hopi people do today to continue their cultural traditions?
Hopi dances and ceremonies are held in villages. many Hopi still follow their cultural traditions by making weaving, jewelry, and baskets.
What role did clans have in Tlingit culture?
People lived with their clans and had strict rules about how clans should treat one another.