Northwest
Southwest
Plains
Geography
Vocabulary
100
How did the Native Americans of the Northwest eat?
Hunted, fished, and gathered roots and berries.
100
The Southwest's climate is mostly...
dry desert
100
The people in the Eastern Plains worked doing what?
Farming and Hunting Buffalo
100
The Great Plains stretch from what river to what mountain chain?
The Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains
100
This type of map shows the regions and landforms.
What is physical map?
200
What are important resources for Native Americans in the Northwest?
Salmon and Forests
200
How did the Hopi get their food?
They raised corn, beans, and squash.
200
What kinds of homes did the Plains Indians live in?
Lodges
200
a high,steep sided area rising above the surrounding land
What is a plateau?
200
What is a potlatch?
A house made of bark, earth and grass.
300
What two tribes are located in the Northwest?
Nez Perce and Kwakiutl
300
The hopi built their houses out of _____________.
What is adobe?
300
Which tribes can you find in the Plains?
The Pawnee and the Comanche
300
Name the Great Lakes.
Lake Huron, Lake Michigan, Lake Superior, Lake Erie, Lake Ontario
300
What is a clan?
A group of related families.
400
The Kwakiutl were...
a large American Indian group in the Pacific Northwest.
400
The Hopi live in which state?
Arizona
400
What was the importance of the buffalo to the Plains Indians?
They used the buffalo for food, shelter, clothing and tools
400
What state is the Great Basin in?
Nevada
400
What is irrigation?
supplying water to crops using streams, ditches, or pipes
500
The Native Americans in the Northwest lived in what type of home?
Large Houses with other members of their clan.
500
The Hopi used ___________________ to water their crops.
What is irrigation?
500
The comanche can be described as...
nomads
500
Alaska is home to which tribe?
The Inuit
500
What does pueblo mean?
The Spanish word for town.
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