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FIRST AMERICANS
FIRST AMERICANS (2)
FIRST AMERICANS BUILD CULTURES
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100
People who move from one place to another while searching for food
NOMADS
100
30,000 years ago America was covered with this
ice /glaciers
100

Stone houses built by the Indians of the Southwest were called

Pueblo

100

Which region had homes on stilts

Southwest

100

A flat-topped hill with steep sides

Mesa

200
Bricks made of clay dried in the sun
Adobe
200
This used to connect North America and Asia
Land bridge
200

What did the tribes of the Pacific North West hunt?

Whales & Seals

200

This animal was the 'key of life' to the people of the Great Plains.

Buffalo

200

A narrow, deep valley with steep sides

Gorge

300
Movement of people from one place to another
Migration
300
Hunter's migrated to America because they were following these animals
Mammoth / Deer
300

Which tribe/region considered the Bison sacred

The Dakotas  Great Plains

300

These main 3 crops grown in the southwest were known as The Three Sisters

Beans, corn, squash

300

An object made by man and preserved (WORTH DOUBLE)

Artifact

400

A circular area where tribes share stories and religious ceremonies. (WORTH DOUBLE)

Kiva

400
The first Native Americans were this (people who moved from place to place)
Nomads
400

What is the name of the Native Americans who used to inhabit what is now Santa Clara County? (WORTH DOUBLE)

Tamien Nation

400
The Anasazi lived in houses made of this
Adobe (mud brick)
400

Name the four types of environments

Grasslands; Deserts, Mountains, Artic Ice Fields

500
The surroundings of a people
Environment
500

How did the First Americans adjust to their environment?

Adaptation

500

Which region created totem poles to tell their family's history

Northwest Coast

500
A period of dry weather, where there is no rain.
Drought
500

Everything that surrounds a given area

environment