Eastern Woodlands
The Great Plains
Northwest Coast
Southwest Coast
Vocabulary
100
The Eastern Woodlands covers what region of the United States today?
What is the Northeast coast.
100
Which two tribes are located in the Great Plains region?
What is the Mandans and the Kiowas.
100
The tribes are located in the Northwest Coast region?
What is the Makah and the Chinook.
100
Hopi means what?
What is The Peaceful One.
100
Define cultural region.
What is people living in the same area who share the same way of life.
200
Why is this region is refered to as the "Eastern Woodland?"
They live in forests (woodlands).
200
The Mandans were hunters. They often wore what as a disguise while they were hunting?
What is animal skin (Buffalo skin).
200
In this region, the growing season was __________ because the ground was ___________.
What is short; wet.
200
Kachinas were made out of what materials?
What is wood. They were decorated with paint and feathers.
200
Define community.
What is where a group of people live.
300
This tribe, located in the Eastern Woodlands, is actually made up of 5 smaller tribes.
What is the Iroquois.
300
True or False: The Mandans only used the bones of the buffalo.
What is false. The Mandans used every part of the buffalo - the skin and fur for clothing, bones for arrows, horns to make bows, and hair for cord.
300
This tribe held potlaches - special gatherings with food and dancing.
What is the Chinook.
300
The Kachinas were made to help bring what to the Hopis? (The purpose of a kachina - must name 2 out of 4).
What is rain, make crops grow, heal the sick, and find animals to hunt.
300
Define natural resources.
What is materials found around where you live (plants and animals).
400
The Iroquois lived in this type of house - a wooden framed house with many people living inside.
What is the longhouse.
400
The Kiowas were nomads that moved all over the United States.
What is false. The Kiowas were nomads, but only moved around the Great Plains.
400
The Makahs made ___________ to hunt whales.
What is the harpoon.
400
The Navajos settled in the region of the United States called _____________. This region is made up of what states?
What is the Four Regions; Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado.
400
What is a dugout?
What is boats made from large, hollowed out logs.
500
The Cherokee lived in the river ___________ of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is valleys.
500
The Kiowas built a ___________ to help transport their belongings from place to place.
What is travois.
500
The Chinook lived in this type of house which was located partly ____________.
What is a pit house; underground.
500
True or False: It would be better to visit it the Southwest Region during the day because it is much cooler during the day than at night.
What is False.
500
What is a hogan?
A cone shaped house covered with mud and/or grass.
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