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Regions 1
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100
A sled made of poles used by Native Americans to transport goods.
What is a travois?
100
A narrow chanel of water connecting two bodies of land.
What is a strait?
100
Native American tradition of honoring a host with a gift, which is still observed today.
What is potlatch?
100
This was an area that was mostly flat and grassy with only a few trees and mountains.
What are the plains?
100
The people of this region used adobe to make their houses.
What is the Southwest?
200
Bricks made from mud and straw and used by Native Americans to construct buildings.
What is adobe?
200
A culture of people who travel from place to place, taking their shelters with them.
What is a nomad?
200
This was a system that determined what jobs the men of the tribe did and what job the women did.
What is hunter-gatherers?
200
The area filled with deserts and mountains with much cactus and few trees.
What is the southwest?
200
This animal was a main food source for the Native Americans of the Plains.
What is buffalo?
300
A high, flat land form that rises steeply from the land around it.
What is mesa?
300
A possible explanation.
What is a theory?
300
These were belts or strings of polished seashells that were used for trading or for gift giving.
What is wampum?
300
This area is full of forests and has fertile soil, with some small structure.
What are the Northeast Woodlands?
300
The clans in this area were unusual since they were ruled by women.
What is the Northeast Woodlands?
400
These were dolls made by the Native Americans to honor their ancestors.
What is a kachina?
400
The name of the strait between Asia and North America.
What is the Bering Strait?
400
This type of dwelling was used by the nomadic people who moved from place to place.
What is a teepee?
400
The people of this region had salmon as a main food source.
What is the Northwest Pacific?
400
The people of the Southeast used these unusal weapons when hunting. (two possible answers)
What are bow and arrows as well as dart guns?
500
These Native American objects were used to display wealth and wood working skill as well as honor the ancestors of a family.
What is a totem pole?
500
The possible explanation for how the Native Americans came to North America.
What is a landbridge?
500
Buildings that could be up to 100 ft long and could house up to 60 people. Used by the people of the Northeast Woodlands.
What is a long house?
500
The regional groupings of Native Americans. (name at least three)
What are the southeast, southwest, northwest pacific, plains, and the northeast wooldlands?
500
The Cherokee clan from the Southeast used these unusual type of houses.
What is wattle and daub?