Name That Region
Name That Adaptation
Geographic Features
Food Sources
Homes, Clothing, Crafts
100

In which region did Native Americans build this type of dwelling?

Southwest Region

100

What was the primary food source of the Native Americans of the Great Plains?

Bison

100

Name the three geographic features plentiful in the Eastern Woodlands.

Plentiful forests, lakes, and trees

100

Name three of the five main food sources for the Native Americans of the Southeast.

Corn, beans, squash, pumpkins, sunflowers


100

Name two types of homes built by the Native Americans of the Arctic.

Animal skins, dirt, stones, blocks of ice

200

In the winter, Native Americans of the _______________ Region ate mainly of sea mammals and fish.  

Arctic

200

Native Americans of the Great Basin adapted to the extreme cold in the winter by ________________________________________.

Making robes of twisted and woven rabbit hides.

200

The ____________________________ Region consists of spruce, fir, and cedar covering rugged mountains to the east and to the west, ocean coast.

Northwest Coast

200

________________ was the main source of food for Native Americans in the Arctic Region during the summer months.  

Caribou

200

This is one example of the type of home built by Native Americans in which region?

California

300

The northern coast of this region relied primarily on Salmon for their main source of food.  

California

300

Explain how these tools would help Native Americans adapt to their environment.  

Native Americans near bodies of water would use these tools to catch fish.

300

The mountains in this area have dense forests.  The flatter central part of this region is drier and covered with grass and sagebrush.

The Plateau

300

The Native Americans of the Great Basin enjoyed _________________ and _________________ as treats.

Snakes and grasshoppers

300

Native Americans from which region built homes like this one?

Eastern Woodlands

400

This region has fertile coastal plains, river valleys, mountains, and swamps.  

Southeast Region

400

Northwest Coast Native Americans adapted to their environment by building _____________________ to catch salmon swimming from the ocean up the rivers.  

Wooden fences that trapped the salmon.

400

The region of the __________________________ environments include; canyons, mountains, deserts, and flat topped mesas.  It has two major rivers, the Rio Grande and the Colorado.  Rain rarely falls in this region.  

Southwest

400

As winter approached in the Arctic Region, Native Americans migrated toward the coast to hunt for _________________ and ________________.

sea mammals, fish

400

Native Americans from what region crafted this clothing?

Northwest Coast

500

Which region does this painting most likely depict?

The Great Plains

500


Grinding acorns for food in a mortar and pestle  

500

To the east of California lies  ________________ , a low area between the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountains.  The mountains on either side of this region block the rain, making this land mostly desert.  

The Great Basin

500

Northwest Coast Native Americans found food plentiful.  Name three types of food they ate.

clams, shellfish, seaweed, deer, moose, bear, elk, beaver, mountain goat

500

Which region made much of their homes, art, and clothing from bison hide? (Including this bison skin art.)

The Great Plains