Homes
Both the Eastern Woodland and Northwest Coast natives lived in these types of homes that fit many families.
What is a longhouse?
The Great Plains natives would often hunt these animals and used all parts of the animal for various resources.
What are buffalo?
Native Americans from this group were often nomads, and they followed large herds of buffalo.
What is the Great Plains?
This civilization's accomplishments include hieroglyphs, astronomy, and mathematics.
Who are the Maya?
The Eastern Woodlands natives lived in much of the land located directly east of this river.
What is the Mississippi River?
This type of home was used by the Great Plains natives because it could easily be put up and taken down.
What is a tepee?
The natives of the Southwest often ate this food, which is another word for corn.
What is Maize?
Native Americans from this group formed the Iroquois League, an alliance made by five different tribes.
What is the Eastern Woodland?
This civilization lived in the Andes Mountains and had to create roads and suspension bridges to make life easier.
Who are the Inca?
The Southwest Indians lived in an area made up mostly of this type of land.
What is desert?
This was the name of the villages the Southwest natives lived in that are very similar to apartment buildings today.
What are pueblos?
The Northwest Coast natives hunted these sea animals, not only for food, but a variety of materials.
What are Whales?
Native Americans from this group often met in Kivas for religious ceremonies which were secret underground rooms.
What is the Southwest
Who are the Aztec?
The Maya inhabited this peninsula.
The longhouses of the Eastern Woodlands were often made out of this material
What is bark?
The Northwest Coast natives would hold parties with a great feast as well as gift-giving called this.
What are potlatches?
Native Americans from this region constructed totem poles to tell stories.
What is the Northwest Coast?
This early civilization is often referred to as the "mother" civilization of Mesoamerica because they influenced civilizations that came later.
Who are the Olmec?
This is the name given to the area in between North and South America where the Olmec, Aztec, and Maya inhabited.
What is Mesoamerica?
The longhouses of the Northwest Coast natives were made out of this material
What are cedar planks?
These three crops were often grown together in the Eastern Woodlands region and got the nickname "The Three Sisters"
What are corn, beans, and squash?
These two groups of Native Americans lived in regions that had abundant natural resources.
These two civilizations met their downfall when they encountered Spanish explorers who spread diseases.
Who are the Aztec and the Inca?
The Aztec capital city, Tenochtitlan, was located in what current-day city?
What is Mexico City?