Native American Cultural Regions

Regions

100

This cultural region was located on the upper left part of the United States and included tribes such as the Kwakiutl. 

The Northwest Coast

200

This region contained Native Americans who used the buffalo for most things.

Plains

300

This region is located near Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona in a desert.

Southwest 

400

This cultural region contains the state we live in.

Eastern Woodland

500

The Native Americans of this region lived on very very cold land and lived in igloos.

Arctic

Tribes

100

Name the tribe that lived in adobe brick homes in the Southwest region

Hopi

200

This is another word for eskimo.

Inuit

300

This tribe made totem poles and clothes out of cedar bark.

Kwakiutl

400

This tribe lived in homes that they dug out of the ground and covered with a grass mat.

Yakima

500

The tribe from the Eastern Woodland area that we discussed briefly.

Cherokee

Climate

100

Describe the climate of the Northwest Coast

A lot of rain; wet; cold winters

200

Describe the climate of the Southwest

Hot, dry, hot days cool nights

300

Describe the climate of the Arctic

Very very cold

400

Describe the climate of the Plains

Hot dry windy summers; freezing winters

500

Describe the climate of the Eastern Woodlands

warm summers; mild to cold winters

Artifacts

100

Name one artifact you could find from the Pacific Northwest Native Americans (Kwakiutl)

Totem Poles, Cedar Bark Clothes, Pottery, Arrowheads

200

What are most artifacts from the Plains Native Americans made from?

Buffalo

300

Name one artifact from the Southwest Native Americans

Pueblos, adobe brick, clothes (cloth from cotton)

400

Where are most Native American artifacts that haven't been found located and how can you find them?

Under ground; dig

500

Name an artifact from the Arctic Native Americans

Tools made from whale; fish traps

Random

100

Name of a Hopi Home

Pueblo

200

Something someone has made in the past

Artifact

300

How did the Native Americans get to North America?

Crossed the land bridge from Asia

400

Why did the Native Americans have different types of homes?

Lived in different areas with different resources and different climates.

500

Chickee, Tepee, Hogan, Pueblos are all examples of :

Native American homes