Vocabulary
Inuit
Environment
Culture
Artifacts
100
A flat-topped hill area with steep sides
What is a "mesa"?
100
The Inuit had to make special special _________ to their harsh environments.
What are "adaptations"?
100
Hopi lived in the dry _________ desert.
What is "Southwestern"?
100
Historians call the area where similar cultures developed ____________ ___________.
What are "cultural regions"?
100
Historians identify the cultural regions of Native American groups by looking at their _____________.
What are "artifacts"?
200
A narrow, deep valley with steep sides
What is a "gorge"?
200
In the summer, the Inuit made _________ by stretching the skins of caribou or seal over driftwood.
What are "tents"?
200
Most scientists believe that the first migrants were ________ hunters.
What are "Siberian"?
200
Native Americans lived in __________ cultural regions.
What is "seven"?
200
The Algonquins of the Eastern Woodlands cultural region made their dome-shaped wigwams from small bent _______.
What are "trees"?
300
Objects made by humans
What are "artifacts"?
300
The Inuit were a group of Native Americans who lived in the __________ environment.
What is "Arctic"?
300
Most Native Americans chose to settle in areas that had the most __________ _________.
What are "natural resources"?
300
The driest cultural region was the _________. It contained mountains, flat-topped mesas, canyons, and deserts.
What is "Southwest"?
300
The Pomo of the California-Intermountain Region used natural resources around them to create practical and artistic crafts including clam shell ________ and beautiful ________ from native grasses.
What are "necklaces and baskets"?
400
Changes in a way of life that allow people to survive in a particular environment
What are "adaptations"?
400
The Inuit dressed in animal ______ and ______ to keep warm.
What are "furs and skins"?
400
The first Native Americans came to North America from ______ during the last Ice Age.
What is "Asia"?
400
To move from one story to another, the Hopi of the Southwest used _________ between floors.
What are "ladders"?
400
The Great Plains region, extended from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River Valley. It was home to the Cheyenne, Pawnee, Comanche, and Sioux. The Sioux believed the __________ to be a sacred animal, creating many artifacts from its hide including their dwelling places (tepees), warm blankets, and shields.
What is "buffalo"?
500
a movement of people from one country or area of the world to a new home in another country or area
What is "migration"?
500
To protect their eyes from the bright glare of the sun, the Inuit made _______ _______ out of bone or wood.
What are "snow goggles"?
500
As Native Americans spread across North America, they settled in many types of environments. Name three of the environments in which they settled.
What are "Grasslands, Deserts, Mountains, and Arctic Ice Fields"?
500
The Yakima adapted to the harsh climate of the Plateau cultural region by building their winter homes partially __________ to protect them from the cold.
What is "underground"?
500
The Seminole of the Southeast cultural region developed a culture suitable to swamplands. They wore _______ made of deer hide to protect themselves from mosquitoes and saw grass.
What are "leggings"?