Technology
Transportation
Buffalo
Teepees
Hunting
100
Where did they get most their supplies from?
Buffalo
100
What was the Great Plain Indians main way of transportation before horses were introduced?
Walking
100
What were buffalo chips used for?
Ceremonial smoking and fuel for fires.
100
True or False teepees were warm in the winter and cool in the summer.
True
100
What was the main animal that the Indians hunted
Buffalo
200
What were most their arrowheads made out of?
Flint
200
What did tribes that lived near rivers use for transportation?
Canoes
200
What did the Great Plains indians use the buffalo's bladder for.
Pouches and medicine bags
200
What is a teepee?
A Plains Indian home. It is made of buffalo hide fastened around very long wooden poles, designed in a cone shape.
200
What changed the Great Plain Indians way of hunting once they were introduced?
Horses
300
What other way did the Indians catch small animals without inputting a lot of energy?
Snare traps
300
Who reintroduced horses to the Americas?
Spaniards
300
What is buffalo sinew used for?
Glue, thread, and bows.
300
What is the hole on the roof of a teepee for?
To let the smoke from the fire inside out.
300
What animals other than buffalo did they hunt?
Deer, bears, birds, wolf etc
400
What did the Indians use to hide from the buffalo so they do not see them and the Indians can get close up?
Camouflage
400
What did the Indians use for transportation after they were introduced by Spain.
horses
400
How much can a buffalo weigh up to?
Up to 2000 pounds.
400
Why were teepees so convient?
They are portable and can be set up easily.
400
What ways did they hunt the buffalo?
They ambushed individual animals at water holes, drove entire herds into corrals, and stampeded bison over high bluffs.
500
What 3 weapons did the Great Plain Indians use?
Spears, war clubs, bow and arrow, knife.
500
Daily Double What century did the Spaniards introduce horses to the Native americans?
16th century
500
Name at least 5 ways you can use a buffalo hide.
bedding, belts, cradles, hide, tepee covers, pouches, clothes, moccasins, blanket
500
What shape is a teepee?
cone
500
What did the Indians do to make sure that they would not run out of buffalo?
Followed the buffalo migration.
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