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This cultural region built their shelters out of blocks of ice, know as igloos.
What is the Arctic region
100
Ways of life
What is culture
100
Corn, beans and, rice were called this by many Native Americans.
What is the three sisters.
100
Wampum were often used as this so Native Americans could get things
What is currency
100
This was the single biggest influence on their ways of life.
What is geography
200
This cultural region made their shelters from buffalo hides because it was the most abundant resource.
What is the Great Plains region
200
A group of families that are related to each other
What is a clan
200
This food was hunted and considered sacred by the Native Americas in the Great Plains.
What is buffalo
200
This resulted in political stability for it member groups
What is The League of Five Nations or the Iroquois Confederacy
200
These people built large cliff dwellings, most likely to defend against attack.
What is the Anasazi.
300
The Eastern Woodland Region had two distinct shelters, one in which only one family could live and the other large enough for many families to live in.
What is longhouses and wigwams
300
Women in an Iroquois clan chose the clan's
What is sachem
300
Because the Arctic was too cold to farm the Natives had to hunt and do this to survive.
What is fish
300
Traditions and beliefs were passed down from generation to generation this way
What are through storytellers
300
In New Jersey the Lenape's three distinct clans were called these
What is the Wolf, Turtle & Turkey.
400
To keep cool this region built wood framed houses with straw roofs and mud clay sides.
What is the Southeast
400
Woven cloth, baskets, canoes, and furs were common gifts in this ceremony.
What is potlatch
400
The Eastern Woodland Native Americans got their food these four ways.
What is foraged, fished, hunted and, farmed.
400
While many groups had different religious practices, they all felt a close relationship to this
What is the natural world
400
This was the biggest factor in the way the different Native Americans built their shelters and the food they ate.
What is the natural resources.
500
The Northwest would use this resource to make their shelter.
What is wood, for their large wooden houses.
500
Groups of people who had a similar way of life was called this
What is cultural area
500
Even though this ancient Native American group the Hohokam lived in a dry region, they were able to farm because they did this.
What is the dig irrigation canals
500
In the Eastern Woodlands heritage was passed through the mother, the women were also in charge of these responsibilities. (name at least three)
What is the land and its resources, choosing a sachem, raising the children, preparing clothes &, tending the crops.
500
Unlike their European counterparts, the Lenape and many other Native Americans sought a close relationship with nature because of their beliefs.
What is spirits dwelled in nature and they were a part of their daily lives.