Vocab
Native American Housing
Native American Food
Native American Regions
Native American Customs
100

What is not temporary or changing?

Permanent

100

What is a home that is built out of ice?

Igloo

100

Tribes of the Great Plains would hunt this animal and use every part of it for both food, clothing, shelter and more.

Bison

100

The Native Americans of this region lived in wooded areas near water and people lived in permanent structures.

Northwest Region

100

The Native Americans of the Arctic Region invented these to help with snow blindness

Goggles

200

What is a member of a people that does not have a fixed home but wanders from place to place?

Nomad

200

What is a cone shaped home built with long poles covered with animal hides?

Teepee

200

Seals, Caribou, Walrus, Rabbit and Fox is common source of food for tribes from what region?

Arctic

200

This region consisted of flat grasslands

Plains region

200

This group created statues made of cedar wood to tell stories

Totem Poles

300

A friendship or agreement to work together

Alliance

300

What is the clay, mud and dirt material used for homes in the southwest?

Adobe

300

This is the main food source for Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest

Salmon, whale and other fish

300

This region consisted mainly of desert

Southwest region

300

The Native Americans of the Arctic region invented this idea to help conserve space in their Igloos and keep warm

Lofted bed or Bunk bed that is placed over the fire

400

Something that is devastating 

Catastrophic

400

What material was mainly used for homes in the Southeast?

Tree/Wood

400

In this region people grew their own crops and raised livestock.

Southwest Region

400

This region has extremely cold weather conditions

Arctic Region

400

Various North American cultures that build large earth mounds beginning about 3,000 years ago

Moundbuilders

500

A negative or disrespectful statement 

Derogatory

500

This home is very long and narrow. It is made from tree branches and tree bark. Several families could live in this house

Longhouse

500

This was used by Native Americans in the Northwest and Arctic to cook their food

Whale Oil

500

This region consisted of warm, humid weather with wooded areas.

Southeast region

500

A community of people who share common customs, languages and rituals

A tribe