Housing & Travel
Vocabulary Terms
Regions
Clothes & Jewelry
Tribes
100
The Sioux made these to live in while living in the Great Plains region. Made out of buffalo skins and wooden poles, these homes were easy to move for nomadic tribes that followed buffalo herds.
What is a teepee
100
To agree to accept something that is not exactly what you wanted
What is compromise
100
What is the cultural region located between the Cascade and Rocky Mountains. It has hot summers and freezing winters. Large rivers provided water to the region and trees grew only near the mountains but other areas had thick grasses and plants like the camas, whose root was an important food. The Yakima lived in this region.
What is the Plateau Region
100
This artifact was made by Native Americans to protect their legs from saw grass and mosquitos. This artifact is found in the Southeast region.
What are deerskin leggings
100
This tribe was found in the Great Plains region. They made and used teepees, buffalo skin shields and buffalo hide blankets.
Who are the Sioux Indians
200
This home is found in the Southwest region. Native Americans used clay called adobe to make this house. They were often built apartment style and ladders were used to reach the upper floors.
What is an adobe pueblo apartment
200
A large organization where people live or work together or a well established custom or tradition
What is institution
200
What is the cultural region that extends from the Atlantic Ocean, along the Gulf of Mexico, all the way to East Texas. The region was hot and humid, especially in the summer. Part of this region included swamps that were home to animals like deer, alligators, and snakes, and plants like tall palms and cypress trees. The Seminole lived here.
What is the Southeast Region
200
This artifact was used to protect Native Americans when fighting with rival tribes. Made from tough skin of their favorite animal, Native Americans in the Great Plains region used the artifact for protection.
What is a buffalo-hide shield
200
This tribe lived in the Southeast region and made chickee houses. This tribe also wore deerskin leggings to protect against saw grass and mosquitos.
Who are the Seminoes
300
The waterproof form of travel used by Native Americans in the Southeast Region. This form of transportation had a flat bottom and was easy to move through muddy, swampy shallow waters.
What is the cypress dugout canoe
300
To depend on one another
What is interdependent
300
This cultural region covered a huge area from the Mississippi River Valley to the Rocky Mountains, and from Canada to Texas. The region had hot summers and cold winters. There were few trees, but large grasslands were home to many grazing animals like deer, antelope and buffalo. The Sioux lived in this region.
What is the Great Plains Region
300
This artifact was used in the Northwest region for fishing. It was made out of available trees and shaped like an ice-cream cone.
What is the cedar-bark fish trap
300
This tribe is found in the Northwest region and wore cedar-bark capes to keep warm. This tribe also used cedar-bark fishing traps.
Who are the Kwakiutl
400
This small boat was used in the Eastern Woodlands Region by Native Americans who traveled from stream to river and from river to lake. This boat was light weight for easy travel and made of wood that was readily available.
What is the birch bark canoe
400
A fixed, unreasonable, or unfair opinion about people based on race, religion, or other characteristics or an opinion or a judgement formed unfairly or without knowing all the facts
What is prejudice
400
This cultural region covered states like Arizona and New Mexico. It extended to northern Mexico. There were mesas, canyons, and deserts in this region. The climate was hot in the summers and freezing in the winters. The region received little rain, so there were few trees or other plants. The Hopi lived here.
What is the Southwest Region
400
This artifact was created by the Hopi tribes and used to collect and store water. Grass was scarce so the Hopi made this out of a mix of dirt and water. This artifact was found in the Southwest region.
What is a clay pot for storing water
400
This tribe lived in the Southwest and used Pueblos as their homes. They also wore woven cotton dresses and used clay pots to catch and store water.
Who are the Hopi Indians.
500
This home was built on stilts with no walls to accommodate the hot, humid weather and to avoid water damage. The roof was made of palm tree leaves and the Seminole tribes lived in these. This home was found in the Southeast region of the United States.
What is the chickee house
500
A specific group of peoples' way of life, beliefs, customs and traditions
What is culture
500
This cultural region extended from the Atlantic coast through the Ohio Valley to the Mississippi river. The region had four distinct seasons. Streams and rivers crisscrossed the region and wound through forests of oak, maple and birch trees. The forests were home to such animals as deer, beavers and turkeys. Algonquian tribes lived in this region.
What is the Eastern Woodlands Region
500
This artifact is found in the Northwest region. It was used to protect Native Americans from precipitation and to keep them warm. This artifact is warn draped around the shoulders.
What is the water-proof cedar-bark cape
500
This tribe lived in the Eastern Woodlands and often fought with the Iriquois over trade and land. This tribe used the birch bark canoe to travel in rivers and lakes.
Who are the Algonquin Indians
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