Thinking Like a Historian
Pacific Northwest/Southwest American Indians
Northeast/Southeast Woodland Indians
Iroquois Confederacy
Random
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Primary or Secondary Source: A biography of Abraham Lincoln
Secondary Source
100
What do the Pacific Northwest and Southwest American Indians share in common?
The tribes of these regions both lived in regions with mountains and they both shared the art of basket weaving.
100
The tribes in which region lived in wattle and daub houses?
Southeast Woodland Region
100
What did the tribes of the confederacy picture that the whole region lived in?
A longhouse
100
How did the first people arrive in North America? (What mode of travel did they use?)
By foot
200
Primary or Secondary Source: A social studies textbook
Secondary Source
200
The tribes of which region learned to farm and irrigate crops for food consumption?
Southwest Region
200
The tribes in which region experienced cold winters?
Northeast Woodland Region
200
True or False: Multiple clans make up a tribe and only one clan resides in a longhouse.
True
200
What was the land bridge used by the first people called?
Bering Strait
300
Primary or Secondary Source: A personal letter
Primary Source
300
The tribes of which region lived in long plank houses?
Pacific Northwest Region
300
True or False: Both the Southeast and Northeast Woodland regions experience long growing seasons.
False: The Southeast Woodland region has a longer growing season
300
What was the job that both the Mohawk and Seneca tribes share in the confederacy?
The Seneca tribe guarded the western end of the region and the Mohawk tribe guarded the eastern end.
300
What is the definition of "history"?
The study of past events
400
Primary or Secondary Source: A historical map
Primary Source
400
How are the climates different in the two regions different?
The Pacific Northwest region has a mild and very wet climate and the Southwest region has a very dry climate with extreme temperatures.
400
The culture of which region includes spoken dialects of two language families: Algonquian & Iroquoian
Northeast Woodland Region
400
What were the roles of the women and men in the tribes of the confederacy?
The men were in charge of hunting, trading, and war. Women were in charge of farming, property, and family.
400
What is the definition of "adapting to the natural environment"?
When people change to fit the environment
500
How are historians like detectives?
They look for clues, gather evidence, and ask questions to reconstruct the past.
500
Provide at least two different characteristics from both regions. (4 different characteristics total: landforms, vegetation, bodies of water)
Pacific Northwest: rocky narrow coastlines, mountains, offshore islands, heavily forested areas, ocean, rivers. Southwest: mountains, plateaus, canyons, deserts, few trees, very little water.
500
Name three common characteristics that the tribes of both regions share.
Both regions have forests and rivers, the tribes in both regions farmed, and both regions included permanent homes/villages.
500
Name the original 5 tribes that made up the Iroquois Confederacy.
Mohawk, Onondaga, Seneca, Oneida, Cayuga
500
Name the five themes of geography.
Location, Place, Human/Environment Interaction, Movement, Regions
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