Variety
The First Americans
Cultural Regions 1
Cultural Regions 2
Environment
100

This word is used to describe people who move from one place to another as the seasons change or to follow a food source.

Nomadic

100

There were the first people to live on the North American continent even before European explorers "discovered" it.

 Native Americans

100

This animal was considered to be sacred to the tribes of the Great Plains. They used it for clothing, shelter, tools and food.

bison or buffalo

100

What is a tribe?

A group of people who live and work together and who share a common language, culture, and traditions.

100

This cultural region had a dry climate with very little rain. Natural resources were scarce.

Southwest

200

What is a strait?

A narrow body of water.

200

The first Americans used this to migrate to North America.

Land bridge

200

This cultural region lived in an environment with mild winters and hot, humid summers. There was plenty of rain. They lived in raised shelters called chickees.

Southeast

200
People of the Northeast region built these outside their homes as a symbol of their family or clan. It told the history of the family or clan.
What is a totem pole?
200

This cultural region's environment has thick forests, streams, and rivers. Birch bark is plentiful and deer and turkey inhabit the land.

Eastern Woodlands

300

This word is used to describe a way of living for a group of people. This includes their religion, language, and traditions.

Culture

300

This is the continent the first Americans came from when migrating to North America.

Asia

300

Native Americans in the Great Plains region used these for shelter because they were easy to move from one place to another.

Teepee

300
Turkey feather capes were worn by the people in this cultural region to keep them warm during colder weather.
What is the Eastern Woodlands?
300

This cultural region has flat land with very little trees and plants. Buffalo make their home in this region.

Great Plains

400

This word means to change to fit the environment. For example, you ______ to the winter by wearing a jacket and warmer clothes.

Adapt

400

As they migrated, early Native Americans had to do this to survive in their environment. Hint: the answer is a word that means "change to fit your environment"

Adapt

400

This region's tribes place totem poles in front of their homes. Totem poles showed the family's history.

Pacific Northeast coast

400
This cultural region in known for its clay bowls that were always black on white and had geometric shapes.
What is the Southwest?
400

This cultural region is known for its swamps and hot, humid climate.

Southeast

500

This was a natural resource tribes of the Northwest Coast used to make totem poles, shelters, and clothing.

Cedar Wood

500

Give two words to correctly describe the environment on the Great Plains.

Few trees and plants, grassy, and little rain.

500

Tribes in this cultural region used flat bottomed canoes to travel through shallow streams.

What is the Southeast region?

500
Wigwams, the shelter of the Eastern Woodland tribes, were made of this material.
What is birch bark?
500

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.

Northeast Coast

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