Vocabulary
What is the Arctic?
A special celebration where guests would receive gifts. The most the host gave away, the more respect they would earn.
What are potlatches?
This crop was the main source of food for the tribes in the Southwest.
What is a maize (corn)?
This region is the harshest environment people have lived in.
What is the Arctic?
Town or village.
What are Pueblos?
This region was known for having excellent pottery. An example could be the talking vases which told a story.
What is the Southwest Region?
This region relied heavily on the food in their harsh environment eating mostly seal, whale, and walrus.
What is the Arctic Region?
A mixture of clay and straw dried and formed into bricks to make houses.
What is adobe?
Dome shaped home used for storage not to live in.
What is a wickiup?
These two tribes from the Great Basin celebrated the Sun Dance and Bear Dance.
Who are the Shoshone and Ute?
This fish was the main source of food for the people in the Northwest Coast.
What is salmon or whale?
This region includes deserts and mountains. With the extreme temperatures each season the people had to adapt.
What is the Great Basin?
Canoes made from cedar wood used by tribes in the Northwest Coast Region.
What is dugouts?
Cone shaped portable homes made from animal hide.
What are tipis or tepees?
This region's tribes place totem poles in front of their homes. Totem poles showed the family's history.
What is Northwest Coast?
To water their crops, the people of the Southwest created this.
What is an irrigation system?
The frozen layer of ground that is found in the arctic.
What is permafrost?
The famous basket weaver from the Washoe tribe in the Great Basin Region.
Who is Dat So Lat Lee?
A house with two doors, one to enter and the other used for ventilation for smoke.
What are longhouses?
The tribes in this region had their own government which consisted of the village council and the tribal council.
What is the Southwest region?
Pine nuts were a main part of the diet for this region.
What is the Great Basin?
This cultural region has dense forests, heavy rainfall and is located near the coast. Cedar bark is a natural resource used by the tribes in this region.
What is the Northwest Coast?