Regions 1
Regions 2
Environment
Food
Shelter
European Explorers!
100
Which map shows the Northwest Coast region?
A
B
C
Accept any of the following: A, 1 or 1st, purple
100
Which map shows part of the California-Region and maybe more? There may be mountains here.
A
B
C
Accept any of the following: B, 2nd or #2, pink
100
Which region would NOT experience cold, snowy winters?
A-Eastern Woodlands
B-Plateau
C-Southwest
C-Southwest
100
People's of many regions were Hunter-gatherers. What does this mean?
A hunter-gatherer is a human who lives in a society where most or all food is obtained by hunting animals, fishing, and gathering wild plants rather than practicing agriculture
100
Pit houses were common in this region.
Plateau
100
Why did Europeans want to explore the world? Think of three main reasons.
Gold, Glory, and God
200
Which map shows the Plateau region?
A
B
C
Accept any of the following: C, 3rd one, brown
200
True or False?
No indigenous people lived in Central and South America.
False
200
Which region would have plenty of trees to make things with?
A-Arctic
B-Southeast
C-Plains
B-Southeast
200
This region grew crops, like Maize, and ate less meat than other regions because there were not as many animals in their environment.
A-Great Plains
B-Southwest
C-Arctic
B-Southwest
200
In which region would you find homes in cliffs (known as Pueblos) or made of adobe?
A-Southwest
B-Great Plains
C-Arctic
A-Southwest
200
Who was Christopher Columbus?
Columbus was an Italian explorer who worked for Spain. He was one of the first people to "discover" North America for Europeans.
300
Which map shows the Southeast Region?
A
B
C
Accept any of the following: C, 3rd or #3, green
300
Which map shows Part of the Northeast region?
A B
C
Accept any of the following: A, 1st or #1, blue
300
Which environment would you find in the Northwest?
A-Arid climate with almost no rainfall
B-Mild climate with a lot of rainfall
C-Frozen tundra
B-Mild climate with a lot of rainfall
300
People in this region were primarily meat eaters because it was very cold and they need to hunt.
A-Northwest Coast
B-Eastern Woodlands
C-Arctic
C-Arctic
300
What did homes in all regions have in common?
What were they built with?
Natural resources or items in the environment like adobe
300
What was the importance of gold in exploration?
Europeans wanted to become wealthy, which they did through the trading of spices and raw materials that they could get in new territories.
400
Which number or color shows some of the Sub Artic Region?
2 or light blue
400
Which map shows the Southwest Region?
A
B
C
Accept any of the following: B, 2nd or #2, orange
400
What was irrigation used for? What is irrigation?
In Native American and Indigenous history, irrigation refers to complicated water-management techniques developed centuries ago—most famously in the arid American Southwest like with the Pueblos people.
400
This crop was invented in Mesoamerica. It needed irrigation to grow. It was called maize, but today we would know it as...
Corn
400
What was a Kivas?
A kiva is a circular or square room built mostly underground by Pueblo Native Americans for religious ceremonies, political meetings, and social gatherings
400
Why was God a reason for European Explorers to search the world?
Europeans wanted to convert people to Christianity, so they sent missionaries whose goal was to convert others.
People were also looking for religious freedom, away from people telling them what they should believe.
500
Which map shows the Great Plains region?
A
B
C
Accept any of the following: A, 1st or #1, yellow
500
Which number or color shows the Arctic Region?
Accept 1 or blue (light blue)
500
This region had the Pueblo people.
A-Southwest
B-Arctic
C-Eastern Woodlands
A-Southwest
500
What was one of the main foods of the Northwest region? They would have to hunt and gather this food, but not with spears or arrows. They would use nets or sticks with string attached.
Looking for Salmon.
500
A tipi or teepee was a portable shelter used in the Great Plains region. What would the Native Americans in this region be considered? The word means to roam around searching for food and resources. This is a bonus question.
Nomadic
500
What does it mean for European explorers to search for glory?
Europeans (and their countries) wanted to be the best.
The explorers wanted to go down in history books and receive fame in their home countries.
The countries who funded the explorations wanted bragging rights over other countries.