South West
The houses of the Pueblo people resembled...
What is they lived in dwellings carved out of cliffs?
They could hold 800-1,000 people at a time so resembled modern day apartments.
The 3 sister crops were also known as the crops ______ because _______.
What is the three sisters were the plants: corn, beans and squash which were planted together?
Describe the homes of the Cherokee.
What is the Cherokee built wood-frame houses with walls made of woven vines or branches plastered with mud?
Describe the significance of totem poles.
What is the totem poles were symbols of a family’s power and rank?
What is the more elaborate the carvings, the more powerful the family?
The North Eastern region had the best environment for this type of agriculture.
What is the best climate for farming?
The location where the Pueblo went and why they disappeared.
What is the thin soil of the region could no longer support farming?
What is they now live in small groups throughout the SW?
According to tribal legend, the Mahican people got their tribe's name...
The name comes from muh-he-cn-nuk which means great water that is always moving, flowing or ebbing?
Their legends tell of the Mahicans crossing over the water that gave them their name.
Describe the method for the Creeks to spread into multiple states.
What is when a town got too big, part of the group would split off and start a new town nearby?
Mound Builders have similarities to which other civilizations. (2 possible answers)
What is they lived at the same time as the civilization of ancient Greece?
What is similar to the Pueblo, the Mound Builders were also farmers?
These common language phrases have their origins in Native American traditions.
What are the phrases “burying the hatchet” and “smoking the peace pipe” ?
They have come to mean sitting down calmly and talking over a problem to reach a fair solution.
The most common professions amongs the Navjo people.
What is they became farmers, shepherds and silversmiths?
The advantages to living in the Eastern Woodlands. (3 possible answers)
What is:
Most people had access to water sources and lived in forested areas.
There was plenty of materials for buildings and fuel.
There was game to hunt, seafood to fish and plants to collect.
Similarities between the Creek communities and the Mound Builders. (3 possible answers)
What is the Creeks kept many parts of Mound Builder culture including towns with plazas, ceremonies and games?
As a result of their food surplus, the Mound Builders were able to... (3 possible answers)
What is they settled in 1 place?
What is they traded with other groups?
What is they built roads, cities and marketplaces?
The role of women in the North Eastern tribes. (2 possible answers)
What is women were vital members of the decision making process and part of the Iroquois Confederacy?
What is they were also very skilled farmers and produced most of the community’s food?
The location where the Pueblo people lived. (bonus answer)
What is the are of the 4 states: Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Arizona.
Also known as the 4 corners.
Differences between wigwams and longhouses. (2 possible answers)
What is longhouses were built with wooden poles in a long rectangle with a door at each end?
What is a wigwam had a framework of poles put into the ground in a circle tied together at the top? The poles were covered with bark, reeds or mats.
Describe the most popular game invented by the Creeks and the roles of men vs women.
What is similar to the Iroquois game of Lacrosse, men used racquets to toss a ball toward a target on top of a pole?
What is women threw and caught the ball with their hands?
The way the Inuits adapted to the extreme cold of their region. (2 possible answers)
What is the Inuits learned to make housing from snow and ice?
What is they hunted and used the available resources such as animal hides to line their clothes for warmth?
Native American people primarily lived in these 4 regions of North America.
What are the SW, SE, NW and NE regions?
The Navajo were the enemies of the Pueblo for this reason. (2 answers)
What is the Navajo raided the fields of the Pueblo?
What is the word 'Navajo' means 'enemies of the plowed fields'?
Tribes in the Eastern Woodlands practiced sustainable agriculture in this way.
What is beans grew up the corn stalks and the squash plants provide shade to prevent weeds or keep the ground moist.?
The 7 sides of the Cherokee council house are representing...
(must name all for full points)
What is the council houses had 7 sides which represented the Cherokee clans which are: Bird, Paint, Deer, Wolf, Blue, Long Hair and Wild Potato?
The decline of the Mound Builders civilization was caused by...
What is the people were exposed to new diseases brought over by European explorers?
The Iroquois Confederacy represented a judicial government style. (2 possible answers)
What is their role was to discuss and ultimately vote on solutions to problems?
What is they provided the ability to settle conflicts between the neighbors and to regulate commerce?