Native American Homes
What is a rectangular shelter built by the Iroquois?
longhouse
In what culture area did the Navajos and Pueblos live?
Southwest
A frame used by Native Americans to carry babies on their backs was called a wattle and daub.
False
What is #1 called?
Plains
Who were known for a special art called sand painting?
Navajo People
What is a Navajo home that was dome-shaped and made of wooden poles, tree bark, and mud?
hogan
In what culture area did the Cherokees live?
Southeast Woodlands
Customs, beliefs, creative arts, and institutions of a group of people are called culture.
True
What is #2 called?
Plateau
Who lived in what is now Santa Barbara, California?
Chumash People
What is an American Indian village of the Southwest made of stone and adobe buildings built very close together?
Pueblo
How did the Nez Perces tribe get its name and what does their name mean?
named by French settlers and name means “pierced nose”.
An archaeologist is a person who looks for natural resources in order to study past human cultures.
False
What is #3 called?
Northeast Woodlands
Who built shelters from bricks made of clay and straw baked in the sun?
Pueblo People
What is a special room in a pueblo that was set aside for religious activities called?
kiva
What suggests that the earliest Americans were hunters?
clovis points
Early Americans fulfilled the Creation Mandate by filling and ruling over North America.
True
Southeast Woodlands
Who prepared soups and breads from mashed-acorn flour?
Chumash People
What is a dome-shaped house made of blocks of snow and ice or sod that was built by the nomadic Inuits called?
Igloo
What did the Iroquois sometimes use as money?
wampum
The first Americans may have come by crossing the Bering Strait.
True.
Who lived in #2?
Nez Perces
What foods did the Pueblo people grow?
corn, beans, and squash