American Indians of the Plains
American Indians of the East
American Indians of the West
Vocabulary
Random Trivia
100

The Plains Indians used these types of houses.

Teepees

100

What was the name of Northeastern American Indians houses?

Wigwam

100

What is a pueblo?

A type of Native American house.

100

Areas of land in the United States that are kept separate as places for American Indians to live.

Reservations

100

What animal did Europeans bring over that completely changed Native American life?

Horses

200

Why was the buffalo important to Plains Indians?

It provided food, tools, clothing, and shelter.

200

The Eastern Woodland Indians were split into how many groups?

2 - Northeastern and Southeastern

200

What did Europeans bring over that killed many Native Americans.

Disease

200

People who move from place to place have a _______ lifestyle.

Nomadic

200

American Indians of the East buried their dead in large _______.

Mounds

300

What caused the Plains tribes to move from place to place?

They followed the buffalo

300

Native Americans built there settlements near where?

Rivers and Lakes

300

Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest relied on what for the food?

The ocean
300

The act of hiding, waiting for others to appear, and then suddenly attacking.

Ambush

300

This type of house was built for many familes and could sometimes be up to 200 feet long.

Longhouse

400

What parts of the buffalo did Native Americans use?

All Parts

400

What are the three sisters?

Corn, Squash, Beans

400

What was the exchange of goods and ideas between the Old World and New World called?

Columbian Exchange

400

Define Diverse

made up of things that are different from one another.

400

Name four states named after Native Americans.

See Mr. Burrell

500

Where did the American Government move the Plains tribes to in the 1860's?

Reservations

500

Name 2 different Eastern American Indian Tribes.

Cherokee, Chippewa, Creek, Choctaw, Huron, Iriqouis, Shawnee, Mohawk, etc.

500

Name two of the five regions of that the American Indians lived in.

Pacific Northwest, Plateau, Great Basin, Southwest, and California

500
To change from one religion to another.

Convert

500

An 800-mile long forced march of the Southeastern Indians to Oklahoma.

Trail of Tears

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