Terms
A person who moves around and does not live in one place.
nomad
This was the name of the mud and stone houses built by the Native Americans of the South-western region.
What are Pueblos?
Once Native Americans mastered this, they were able to settle into permanent settlements.
How many scientists believe Native Americans came to North America from Asia to Alaska.
What is a landbridge?
Native Americans in this region used seals and whales as food and fuel sources.
What is the Artic region?
An old item made by humans.
What is an artifact?
This group of Native Americans lived in and around Mexico.
Who are the Aztecs?
These were the most important crops to many Native American groups.
What are corn, beans, and squash?
These are examples of artifacts.
What are baskets, arrowheads, and statues?
The Native Americans of the Southeast region did this to decorate their clothing.
What is dye or dyed?
These are underground rooms built by the Pueblos for different ceremonies.
What are kivas?
Native Americans of this region often had to rely on ice and snow to build their shelters.
What is the Artic region?
What is buffalo?
These are reasons the Mound Builders built mounds or hills.
What is for burying the dead, jewelry, tools, and pottery?
Native Americans of the Northeast region were often called this because of living in heavily wooded areas.
What is the Woodland Indians?
The movement of people from one region to another.
What is migration?
Native Americans of the Northwest region relied on this specific fish from the Pacific Ocean as a source of food.
What is salmon?
These cone-shaped homes were lived in by the Plains Indians.
What are tepees?
These are two ways that Native Americans have contributed to artistic culture.
What is making jewelry and pottery?
These three materials were used by Native Americans of the Southwest region to build their homes.
What is clay/mud, wood, and brush?
This is the common name used by many Native Americans for corn.
What is maize?
These two factors determined how Native Americans lived in each region.
What are climate and geography?
This is another name of the three important crops for Native Americans, corn (maize), beans, and squash.
What are the Three Sisters?
These are three things that many believe the Aztecs created.
What are the calendar, a game like basketball, and large cities?
Many Mounds built by the Mound Builders can be found all over this valley.
What is the Ohio Valley?