This region extended from the Atlantic Ocean, along the Gulf of Mexico, all the way to East Texas. This region had many swamps and animals like deer and alligators.
Southeast Region
100
This tribe lived in the Plateau Region. They built their winter homes partially underground to protect themselves from the cold.
Yakima
100
This was a raised type of home the Seminole (Southeast Region) would have built. It featured no walls and a roof made out of palmetto leaves.
Chickee
100
The Seminole (Southeast Region) had leggings made from deer hide. What were they used for?
To protect their legs from sharp saw grass and mosiquitoes.
100
Ways of living of different groups of people.
Cultures
200
This region stretched all the way from Canada to Texas. It also covered the area between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River. Many buffalo roamed this region.
Great Plains Region
200
This tribe lived in the California-Intermountain Region. They used long strips of redwood bark to make a house that looked like an inverted ice cream cone.
Pomo
200
The Hopi (Southwest Region) made these storage containers to keep water in. They were decorated with pictuers of animals and geometric designs.
Clay pots
200
The Hopi (Southwest Region) dyed fabric with plants and minerals. What was the fabric then used for?
To dress themselves during the scorching summer heat.
200
Areas of the world where people develop similar ways of life.
Cultural Regions
300
This region was bordered by the Mississippi River, the Great Lakes, and the Atlantic Ocean. Many woodland creatures lived there, including: turkeys, deer, and beavers.
Eastern Woodland Region
300
The Delaware and the Mohegan beloged to this tribe that lived in the Eastern Woodland Region. They made dome-shaped homes called Wigwams.
Algonquian
300
The Sioux (Great Plains Region) constructed these cone buildings out of long poles covered with buffalo hides.
Teepee
300
The Sioux (Great Plains Region) made one-quarter-inch thick shields from buffalo skins. What were the shields used for?
Warriors used the shields to stop arrows and spears.
300
Moving from place to place often as changes in the seasons made food available in different areas.
Nomadic
400
This region was located between the Cascade and Rocky Mountains. This region featured flat land, rolling hills, and steep gorges. The camas, a type of lily, was important for food since few animals lived there.
Plateau Region
400
This tribe in the Great Plains Region, used buffalo to make most of their artifacts.
Sioux
400
The Delaware tribe (Eastern Woodlands) would have made these lightweight, speedy vessels so they could navigate the many waterways in the region.
Birch-bark canoe
400
The Delaware tribe (Eastern Woodlands) created dome-shaped buildings called Wigwams. What were they used for?
They were homes that protected them from the cold winters, hot summers, and plentiful rain.
400
Objects made by groups of humans, such as tools and clothes. These objects help us understand the ways of life of the groups who made them.
Artifacts
500
This area extended from the Pacific coast of California inland over the Sierra Nevada Mountains and into the Great Basin. This area had a mild climate, and was rich with deer, rabbits, birds, and shellfish.
California-Intermountain Region
500
This tribe lived in the Southwest Region. They built apartment buildings called pueblos out of clay that hardens into cement.
Hopi
500
This garment, or piece of clothing, was made out of trees! The Kwakiutl (Northwest Region) removed the tree's soft inner core to help make waterproof clothing.
Waterproof cedar-bark cape
500
The Kwakiutl (Northwest Region) turned pieces of cedar bark into fish traps. What were they used for?
The cone shaped trap, caught the fish so they could not escape. Catching the fish was a form of survival.
500
What are four of the seven Cultural Regions?
Northwest Coast, California-Intermountain, Southwest, Plateau, Great Plains, Eastern Woodlands, and Southeast.