Great Basin
Nez Perce
Plains and Pacific Northwest
Traditions
Miscellaneous
100
Why the Great Basin have that name?
What is the area is surrounded by mountains
100
Why did the Nez Perce get together in the spring?
What is to hunt salmon
100
How did the Palins use the bison?
What is they used every part of the bison
100
What is a potlach?
What is a ceremonial gathering
100
What was the Trail of Tears?
What is a forced march westward of Cherokees
200
What are some habits of the Paitues of the Great Basin?
What is moved from place to place depending on the climate and season
200
Which animal is a famous trickster of the indian stories?
What is the coyote
200
Which animal changed the lives of the Plains Indians forever?
What is the horse?
200
How did Indians of the Pacific Northwest pass on their legends?
What is they carved totem poles
200
What is teh name of the land President Thomas Jefferson bought from Napoleon after the Revolutionary War?
What is Louisiana Territory?
300
The staple food of the Indians of the Great Basin
What is pine nuts?
300
What is the land like in the Plains regions?
What is grasslands?
300
What is the weather like in the Pacific Northwest?
What is very wet?
300
Why did the US government have trouble making treaties with the Indians?
What is the Indians did not have a central government?
300
What disease killed many Indians?
What is small pox?
400
Why is life easier in the plateau area than in the Great Basin?
What is water, plants and animals are more abundant.
400
What happened at the Battle of Little Big Horn?
What is George Custer and all of his soldiers were killed
400
What is the effect of the climate in the Pacific Northwest?
What is the rainfall causes forests to grow, full of plants and animals
400
In the 1800s, which was a plan for getting the Indians to leave their lands?
What is move them to reservations?
400
What happened during the SandCreek Massacre?
What is American army officers attacked and killed a group of Cheyenne and Arapaho.
500
Which is the famous saying from Chief Joseph?
What is "I will fight no more forever!"
500
Which battle ended the Indian Wars?
What is Wounded Knee?
500
The meaning of the word culture
What is attitudes, customs, and beliefs of a group of people
500
The meaning of the word assimilate
What is to become like the people of a nation in customs, viewpoints, values, and so on.
500
the meaning of the word subsistence
What is the barest amount of food, clothing, and shelter needed to live.
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