Vocab 1
Gets their food from animals
Hunter
Movement of a large group from one place to another
migration
People of the Arctic region often lived in this type of shelter made of snow or ice
igloo
What did the Eastern Woodlands region have that made it good for farming?
fertile soil
What was the most common resource for the Eastern Woodlands region?
trees
An extended mass of ice
Glacier
Land that used to connect Russia and Alaska
Beringia Land Bridge
Besides walking, what other form of transportation did the people of the Northwest use?
canoes
Why did the people of the Northwest and Arctic regions eat so much seafood?
they lived near many bodies of water
What made the Southwest region so difficult to live in?
they had very little water
A type of shelter made of tree bark that could hold many families
longhouse
Supplying water to crops with streams, ditches, or pipes
irrigation
What kind of shelter did the people of the Southwest live in?
pueblos
How were the people of the Southwest able to farm in such a dry environment?
they used irrigation
What 3 ways did the people of the Great Plains use bison/buffalo?
food, clothing/shelter, tools
A narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water
strait
a type of clay
adobe
Name 2 forms of transportation the people of the Arctic used.
canoes and dog sleds
What was Three Sisters farming?
growing corn, beans and squash together
Describe the environment of the Great Plains.
It had lots of open land and was flat and grassy with few trees.
A light sled pulled by dogs
travois
A hill with a flat top
mesa
What did many types Native American shelters have in common?
they had some type of hole to let smoke out
Why didn’t people of the Northwest need to farm?
they had plenty of other food available
What did the Northwest and Arctic regions have in common?
They had lots of access to bodies of water.