Anasazi
Why do Anasazi build their houses on the cliffs ?
They build their houses on cliffs for safety
Hopewell lived along with who?
Mississippi, Ohio, and lower Missouri river valleys.
Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest carved images of what?
totems witch mean ancestor or animal spirits—on tall, wooden poles.
Most Native Americans in the California region lived in groups of families of about how many?
Families of about 50 to 300.
Where does the huge Great Plains region stretches from?
Stretches south from Canada into Texas
What made Anasazi move away from their pueblos.
Scholars believe that drought, disease, or raids by nomadic groups from the north may have caused the Anasazi to move away from their pueblos.
What is Mississippian largest city?
Cahokia
What did the far north of North America is divided into?
Arctic and Subarctic culture areas.
Among these groups, including the Hupa, Miwok, and Yokuts, how many languages were spoken?
More than 100 languages were spoken.
What culture area is bordered by Great Plains?
It is bordered by the Mississippi valley on the east and the Rocky Mountains on the west.
Anasazi lived in the Four Corners region. What was four corners?
The four corners is Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah .
What did they build to honor their dead?
They built large burial mounds
Totem poles held great religious and historical what?
Significance for Native Americans of the Northwest.
How much rain does The area east of the Sierra Nevada, the Great Basin receive?
They received little rain.
Most Great Plains peoples were what?
Most Great Plains peoples were nomadic hunters.
What did the Anasazi use to climb up to their houses with?
A ladder.
What do Mound builder support?
They supported their large population with agriculture and trade.
What is the best-known traders among the Northwest Coast Indians?
Chinook
What is southwest Ceramics?
Human figure ,Southwest culture area
What does the Native Americans on the Plains used buffalo skins for?
The use it for shields, clothing, and coverings for their teepees.
How many people can fit into a house.
1,000 people.
How many years have Anasazi thrive?
The Anasazi thrived for hundreds of years.
What was the feasts called were another unique, or unusual, aspect of these Native Americans’ culture?
Potlatches
Who else lived in the Southwest?
Apache and Navajo
What does teepees mean?
teepees mean cone-shaped shelters.