Native American Cultural Regions Housing
What type of housing was used in parts of the Arctic Region?
Igloos/Pithouses
In the Southeast region the #1 agricultural crop grown used for food and trade was?
Corn
This group made their teepees from animal skins such as deer and buffalo to provide protection.
Great Plains
What was the most common form of shelter in the plains region? Why did they use this type of shelter?
tepees - they were easy to put up and take down to follow the herds of buffalo.
The buffalo (american bison) was the most important resource to which native american cultural region?
The plains region
This group used cedar trees to create canoes and housing for them to adapt and survive.
Northwest Coast
What are the three types of houses/shelters used in the northeast Woodlands region?
Longhouse
This group focused on gathering and ate berries, roots, pine nuts, rabbit, antelope, and buffalo meat. They often camped near rivers to take advantage of the fish and plant life.
California, Great Basin, Plateau
This group held a Green Corn Ceremony when the corn was ready to harvest.
Southeast
What type of housing/shelter did the natives in the Southeast region live in?
grass-covered domed wickiups or wigwams
True or False: Bison was the major source of food and protein for every native american cultural region expect for the arctic and subarctic regions.
False
Was not in the northeast, southeast, and arctic regions.
In which native american cultural region would you find pueblos, built of stone and adobe to create shelter.
the southwestern cultural region
Which native American cultural region would you find natives living in plank houses?
Northwest Coast or CAGBP
True or false:all of the the native american cultural regions were were nomadic and moved around from place to place in search of food without any perminent settlements or housing.
False
This region used seal oil to create lamps to provide light and heat to their shelters.
Artic/Subartic