Native American Homes
This ancient civilization lived in the Four Corners region of the United States where Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah meet (Southwest region) These were the ancestors of the Pueblos.
Who are the Anasazi?
Tribes of the Great Plains would hunt this animal and use every part of it for both food, clothing, shelter, and more.
What is a buffalo?
A ________ has systems for government, education, and religion.
What is a civilization?
This ancient civilization invented gum and was known for its healthy teeth, calendar, Hieroglyphs and number system.
What are the Mayans?
This group built mounds of earth that they used to bury their dead. They can still be seen today.
What are the mound builders?
This region consisted of flat grasslands.
What is the Great Plains of the MidWest?
Seals, caribou, walrus and whale are common sources of food for tribes from what region?
Where is the Northwest?
A large, wooden pole carved with animals representing the families who lived in the plank house.
What are totem poles?
War played an important part in the lives of this group of people. They would attack neighboring tribes to use as sacrifices.
What are the Aztecs?
They were known as “cliff dwellers”.
These Southwest natives-built Pueblo homes made from clay baked bricks. They needed a ladder to get into the upper floors. They were also known for their turquoise jewelry.
What are the Anasazi (Pueblo) ?
This is a costal region where the Inuit people relied heavily on the Pacific Ocean for food.
What is Northwest?
Native Americans invented the 3 sisters. What 3 crops did they grow together?
What are corn, squash and beans?
The way of life of a group of people. (including their customs, beliefs, and language)
What is culture?
This ancient civilization’s capital was called Tenochtitlan, which was in a lake in Mexico. They created movable bridges and floating gardens.
What are the Aztecs?
This home is easily taken apart. It is made from wood poles and animal skins.
What is a tepee?
This region consisted mainly of desert.
What is the Southwest?
Name one way the Native Americans used the buffalo?
What is clothing, food, Teepee, etc.
Pieces of soft deer skin to cover the front and back on men.
What is breechcloth?
The Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs with superior weapons, guns, war ships and trained horses/dogs.
Who is Cortez?
They lived in igloos on long winter hunting trips
Who are the Inuit people?
This region has hot and humid weather.
What is the Southeast region?
How did the Native Americans in the Southwest water their crops?
What is irrigation?
They believed that all living things had souls, and they showed great respect for the animals they hunted by not wasting anything. They would use the oil from the whale and make tools from its bones.
Who are the Inuits?
A ball game played by the Mayans and Aztecs. Players used their hips, feet and legs to hit the 5 pound rubber ball through a ring. Winners were often sacrificed to the Gods.
What is Pok-A-Tok?