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100

Southeast Woodlands

Where did the Cherokees live?

100

wampum

What did the Iroquois sometimes use as money?

100

This is the beliefs, customs, creative arts, and institutions of a group of people.

What is their CULTURE?

200

Southwest

What culture area did the Navajos and Pueblos live?

200

Clovis points

What were the items found that told us the earliest Americans were hunters?

200

Cradleboard

What is the frame used by Native Americans to carry babies on their backs?

300

They lived on the Plateau

Their name means "pierced nose"

They were named by the French settlers

Who are the Nez Perce?

300

special room in a pueblo that was used for religious activities

What is a KIVA?

300

Igloo

What is the house Inuits built by using blocks of snow and ice?

400

The first Americans may have come by crossing this.

What is The Bering Strait?

400

An archaeologist looks for these to study past human cultures.

What are artifacts?

400

Shamans

Who are the people who try to communicate with spirits?

500
This culture area is where the Inuits lived.

What is the ARCTIC?

500

This is a Navajo home that was dome-shaped and made of wooden poles, tree bark, and mud.

What is a hogan?

500

Longhouse

What is the rectangular shelter built by the Iroquois called?