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100

This tribe was from the southeast. They originate in Floriday. They ate fish and small animals. They made their clothes from clothes from cotton and trees. Their homes were called “chickees“.

What is Seminole?

100

This tribed lived in the Great Plains. They ate maize and buffalo. They used buffalo hides for their clothing, as well as for their tipis.

What is Pawnee?

100

This kind of home is built by the Hopi Indians. It was made of stone and mud and stood several stories.

What is pueblo?

100

This means to use the resources (land, animals, water) in your environment and surroundings in order to survive.

What is specialization?

100

How does environment affect where you live.

You have food,water, and shelter survive. Therefore, you will choose a location where you can find these things. The Pawnee traveled so they could find buffalo to eat and survive. The Inuit built Igloos during the winter to survive.

200

This tribe lived in the Arctic Reagion, They a fish, seals and whales. They made their clothes from animal skins with fur and duck feathers. They needed their clothes to stay warm.

What is Inuit?

200

A broad, falt area of high land

What is a plateau?

200

This kind of home was by the Seminole Native Americans. It was made of palmetto bushes and cypress tree logs.

What is a chickee?

200

A grain which has kernels which is often yellow, but can be various shades of red and brown enclosed in a leafy husk. It is an important food source. 

What is maize?

200

How does the environment affect the lifestyle of the Native Americans?

Native Americans could only use the resources that were in its environment. For example, the Kwakiutl used the Pacific Ocean for food and forests for clothing and shelter.

300

What is the Afro-Indigenous tribe of the Caribbean and Central America that came to be through the crashing of a enslavement boat of West and Central Africans and intermarrying with the Kalinago, Arawak, and Caribs on the island of St.Vincent.

Who are the Garífuna

300

Give me 3 facts you learned during your research project.

What is show the teacher.

300

A cone-shaped tent, usually covered with animal skins, used as a home, especially by American Indians of the Great Plains.

What is a tipi?

300

Articles made from clay that are shaped while most and hardened by heart.

What is pottery?

300

Why did some Native Americans nations create permanent villages, while others remained nomads?

Some groups like the Pawnee had to travel with the food.The Pawnee followed the buffalo from place to place for food.

400

This tribe was from the southwest. They ate beans, pumpkins, and rabbits. The tribes that lived close to the Colorado River farmed, while the further from the river hunted. Their clothes were made from wool and animals skins. Their houses were called pueblos.

What is Hopi?

400

What animal did the Hopi help herd?

Sheep for wool clothing

400

A temporary house made of snow or ice in the form of a dome.

What is an igloo?

400

A book of maps.

What is an atlas?

400

How would you describe the environment (land, climate, resources, and culture) of at least 1 Native American nation?

Kwakiutl - forests and ocean, cold winters and moderate summers, trees for homes and clothing, potlatches for celebrations Inuit - ice and snow, extreme cold, Artic Ocean for food, caribou for clothing Pawnee - travelled on flat land to hunt buffalo for food, clothing, and housing Seminoles - lived in Florida where it is mostly hot and muggy, swamps, lakes, and forests, used palm trees for clothing and chickees Nez Perce - lived in plateau area between the plains and northwest, cold winters and moderate summers, ate buffalo, wore buck skins Hopi- lived in southwest desert area where it was hot and dry, near rivers they grew crops and others hunted, they used the dirt and sand to make pueblos

500

How many federally recognized tribes are in the United States?

What is/How many is 574 federally recognized tribes 

500

In what type of shape were Pawnee houses built?

They were built in DOME shapes for the villiages where they covered it with strips of grassy earth to keep the homes hot or cool. The tipis were in a a-fremae shape for travelling for buffalo.

500

Many Kwakiutls lived in these wooden structures made from tree wood. They were also know as longhouses.

What are plankhouses?

500

A social event or ceremony used by the Kwakuitl Tribe. It usually marked important life events such as feasts, memorials, marriage, etc.

What is a potlatch?

500

How did the physical features (Great Plains, Atlantic Coastal Plains, Great Basin), affect the lifestyle of the Native Americans?

The Pawnee lived in the Great Plains where they could travel after buffalo. The Seminole lived along the Atlantic Coastal Plains in the warm muggy areas. The Nez Perce lived in the Great Basin with the plateau.

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