Early Natives
What is the Bering Land Bridge
These three foods, often called "The Three Sisters", was a staple of Native American diets.
What are maize, beans, and squash?
The Plains tribes were this, following animal herds.
What is nomadic?
Woodland Tribes often lived in these types of houses.
What are Wigwams?
Tribes in the Southwest lived in these types of houses.
What are cliff dwellings?
This time period of history saw the Native Americans settle down and begin building villages.
What is the Woodland Period?
Native Americans were the first to make this food, often a staple of breakfast foods.
What is maple syrup?
Plains tribes often lived in these types of houses.
What are Teepees?
These were worn by Native Americans when the seasons turned cold.
What are moccasins?
What are the Navajo and Hopi?
This weapon was developed during the Archaic Period and was used to help throw spears or arrow like instruments.
What is the Atlatl?
Most Native American tribes used this as transportation.
What are canoes?
What is horse riding?
Woodland tribes invented this game, still played today.
What is Lacrosse?
What are Lodges?
This early Woodland culture thrived in Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky, building mounds as religious buildings and burial sites.
What is the Adena Culture?
Permanent villages were often surrounded by this structure.
What is a log wall?
Plains Tribes lived almost entirely off this animal.
What is the buffalo?
Most tribes were run by this person.
What is a Chief?
These were used a lot by the Northwest tribes, symbolizing important events.
What are Totem Poles?
This great Native American city was the largest in America and dwarfed even European cities in population.
What is Cahokia?
This Native American weapon is stereotypically associated with all Native Americans.
What is a tomahawk?
These were two of the most famous tribes in the Plains.
What are the Sioux and Pawnee?
The Iroquois were run by these group of people.
Who are woman?
Tribes in the Northwest lived off this dangerous activity.
What is whaling?