Unit Vocab
Describe what an environment is
Physical surroundings like plants, land, water, etc.
What is the "Great Spirit"?
A unifying life force found in nature and sacred to Native Americans
The first people to live in North America were
Native Americans
What animal did the Great Plains Indians depend on to survive?
Buffalo
What region creates totems and masks
Northwest Coast
What is a Glacier
A massive river of ice
What is a Adobe?
What type of homes could be easily moved from place to place?
Sister -farming used what three plants?
Corn, squash, and beans
What region creates longhouses covered in bark 20'x100'
Eastern Woodlands
What are natural resources?
Useful materials found in nature (water, vegetation, animals, minerals)
What is culture?
A group of Native Americans are called
A Tribe
What is the name of the home that some Southwest people lived in?
Pueblo
What region has cool, wet winters, and hot dry summers
California
An isolated flat-topped hill is known as a
Mesa
What What does it mean to "Migrate"?
to move from one place and establish a home in a new place
People who do not stay in one place for a long time are called
Nomads
What region had Buffalo as their main staple for food, clothing, etc.
Great Plains
What region creates silver and turquois jewelry, rugs and pottery
Southwest
Camas is
A starchy root
What does "Abundant" mean?
Plenty of something; available in large quantities or amounts
Name 3 ways Native Americans got their food
hunted, fished, farmed
What region is described as having river valleys, mountains, coastal plains, and swamps
Southeast
What region created capes from rabbits
Great Basin