Variety
The First Americans
Cultural Regions 1
Cultural Regions 2
Environment
100

This word is used to describe people who do NOT move from one place to another as the seasons change or to follow a food source because they have resources where they are.

What is settled?

100

There were the first people to live on the North American continent even before European explorers "discovered" it.

Who are the Native Americans?

100

This animal was considered was a primary resource to the tribes of the Great Plains. They used it for clothing, shelter, tools and food.

What is the bison or buffalo?

100

American Indian tribes who lived in the Southwest region of North America built homes using bricks made from mixed clay, sand, grass, and straw.  Name these homes.

What are pueblos?

100

This cultural region had a dry climate with very little rain. Natural resources were scarce.

What is the Southwest?

200

This is something made my humans that helps archaeologists learn about the past.

What is an artifact?

200

The first Americans used this to migrate to North America.

What is a land bridge?

200

This area of the United States was home to the most traveling Indian Tribes.

What is the Great Plains?

200

People of the Northeast region built these WOODCARVINGS outside their homes as a symbol of their family or clan. It told the history of the family or clan.

What is a totem pole?

200

This cultural region's environment has thick forests, streams, and rivers. Birch bark and rich soil is plentiful and deer and turkey inhabit the land.

What is the Eastern Woodlands (Northeast region)?

300

This word is used to describe a way of living for a group of people. This includes their religion, language, and traditions.

What is culture?

300

This is the continent the first Americans came from when migrating to North America.

What is Asia?

300

Native Americans in the Great Plains region were nomadic and used these for shelter because they were easy to move from one place to another.

What is a teepee or tipi?

300

People who would first tried to find cliffs that would protect them from wind, weather, and war.   (They would seek flat topped cliffs that were difficult to get to and near water for survival.)

What are cliff dwellers?

300

This cultural region has flat land with very little trees and plants. Buffalo make their home in this region.  The most traveling tribes were found here.

What is the Great Plains?

400

This word means to change to fit the environment. For example, you ______ to the winter by wearing a jacket and warmer clothes.

What is adapt?

400

As they migrated, early Native Americans had to do this to survive in their environment. Hint: the answer is a word that means "change to fit your environment"

What is adapt?

400

This region's tribes were able to able to build large settlements, while some other American Indian cultures were not because the rich soil of the region allowed them to grow food.

What is Northeast coast?

400

This cultural region in known for its clay bowls  and homes made from adobe.

What is the Southwest?

400

This cultural region is known for its swamps with alligators and hot, humid climate.

What is the Southeast?

500

This word is used to describe people who move from one place to another as the seasons change or to follow a food source.

What is nomadic?

500

Give two words to correctly describe the environment on the Great Plains.

What is few trees and plants, grassy, and little rain?

500

Tribes in this cultural region used cypress logs and palmetto leaves, they built their homes above the water (chickees) and settled into their new homeland. 

What is the Southeast region?

500

A popular gemstone used in Native American jewelry.

What is turquoise?

500

This cultural region has dense forests, heavy rainfall and is located near the coast. This region is known for their wood carvings.

What is the Northwest?