Migration and Adaptation
Scientists believe the earliest Americans were hunters who came from Asia during the last Ice Age by...
walking across a land bridge to present-day Alaska
Indigenous groups of the Arctic lived in the tundra, which was...
cold, with frozen soil, and bright all day and all night long
A basic food for most Indigenous tribes in California was...
salmon or shellfish
The mesa people of the Southwest built their homes out of...
sun-baked clay bricks called Adobe
The Indigenous people of the Eastern Woodlands lived in what kind of houses?
sturdy log-framed houses, covered with elm bark
As the Ice Age ended, descendants of the earliest Americans had to ...
move east and south to find new sources of food
Many Arctic people built temporary shelters called...
igloos
What was the major geographic feature of the Great Basin
deserts
In order to grow corn in the Southwest, farmers had to...
build irrigation ditches and dams
Indigenous people of the Eastern Woodlands survived by...
farming, hunting, fishing, and gathering
Indigenous people were able to adapt to different environments by...
using natural resources for food, clothing, and shelter
Indigenous groups of the Northwest lived near the coast to take advantage of this food...
food from the sea such as fish, shellfish, and seals
To adapt to their environment, Indigenous groups of the Great Basin lived in...
temporary camps made out of willow poles shaped into a cone and covered with brush or reeds
Which animal was used in every aspect of life in the Great Plains?
bison
What did peoples of the Southeast typically build their towns around?
large mounds made of Earth
An area where people share a similar way of life and language is called a...
cultural region
Indigenous groups of the Northwest Coast used wood from their forests to make...
houses and baskets
Indigenous groups of the Plateau found it relatively easy to get food because...
the climate was cool and wet, and rivers provided food
What geographic feature was the Great Plains most known for?
treeless grasslands
The main food source utilized by tribes of the Southeast was...
a new type of corn that grew extremely fast
The material most commonly used to create Indigenous clothing amongst all of the Indigenous tribes was...
animal hide and fur
The Indigenous people of the Arctic were responsible for creating what modern invention?
snow goggles made from wood or bone
How long was the longest house lived in by the Indigenous people of the Plateau?
90 feet long
Which Southwest tribe is still around today, with a 3 branch government that represents 110 chapters?
Navajo
What were the two major languages that emerged from the Indigenous people of the Eastern Woodlands?
Algonquian and Iroquian