Homes
Transportation
Food
Random Facts
100
What type of home did the Plains Indians use?
A teepee
100
What type of transportation did the woodland Indians use when they went on a hunt?
They walked
100
Name the most important animal that the Plains Indians ate.
Buffalo
100
Why did the Pueblo Indians sometimes build their pueblos under cliffs?
((Name one reason))
((Name one reason))
It provided shade, It was easy to defend, It protected them from the rain
200
Name two types of houses that Woodland Indians lived in.
Wigwam and Long House
200
What mode of transportation did the Plains Indians use when they went on a hunt?
A horse
200
Name two types of food that the Northwest Indians got from the ocean.
Whales, Lobster, Seal, etc.
200
True or False: The Pueblo Native Americans were a nomadic tribe.
False!
300
What is the name of the house that the Northwest Indians lived in most of the year?
A Big House
300
What mode of transportation did the Northwest Indians use when they went on a hunt over the snow?
A sled and sled dogs.
300
What benefit would a dog bring on a hunt?
It would scare away the other animals.
300
Why did the Native American's use every part of the animal they killed?
They respected nature and if they had to kill it to survive they wanted to use everything.
400
When did the Northwest Indians use an igloo?
When they were going on a long hunt.
400
Describe what a travois looks like.
((Hint: This tool was used to carry things))
((Hint: This tool was used to carry things))
400
Name three parts of the buffalo that the Indians used and what they used them for.
Various answers accepted :)
400
Name two things a Native American might be named after.
An animal, part of nature, the weather, a special event, a special skill
500
What type of wood did the Native Americans use to cover their longhouses and why did they use it (two reasons).
White birch
They used it because it was waterproof and mice didn't eat it.
They used it because it was waterproof and mice didn't eat it.
500
How did the Native Americans get a tree down to build a canoe.
HINT: Don't forget the step they took to make sure the WHOLE tree didn't go up in flames.
HINT: Don't forget the step they took to make sure the WHOLE tree didn't go up in flames.
They built a fire at the bottom and put sap above the fire so the rest of the tree wouldn't catch on fire.
500
What is the name of this trap?
A weirs trap
500
What is this and what was the purpose of it?
A totem pole and they told a story.