Homes
Ice homes built by Native Americans in the Arctic
What are igloos?
main source of food for the Plains
buffalo
Region where it was sunny, dry and mild and along the Pacific coast
What is California?
a group of people's way of life
What is culture?
they lived in the Alaskan desert
Who are the Arctic (Inuit)
Portable homes made from buffalo skins used by the Plains peoples
What are tee-pees?
ate rodents, grasshoppers and snakes (region)
What is the Great Basin?
What is Eastern Woodlands (Northeast)?
Indigenous people adapted their culture based on this
What is the environment?
region that was quick to adapt to new ideas like the horse and gun
What are the Plains?
region where plank homes were built
Northwest Coast
region where fish, game and berries were food stuffs used by the wealthiest peoples
What is Northwest Coast?
Region where it was hot, dry and rocky but people farmed the desert
What is the southwest?
main source of food for many indigenous people, known as maize
What is corn?
Tall wood carvings used in the Northwest Coast to tell a story
Totem Pole
Communal homes used by people living in the Eastern Woodlands region
What are longhouses?
region where people began herding elk and deer
What is the Plateau?
region where it was mild and rainy, with forests by the Pacific
What is the Northwest Coast
Tracing family line through the mother
What is matriarchal?
region where the "Civilized Tribes" lived
What is the Southeast?
Adobe dwellings built by people in the Southwest
What are pueblos?
hunted seal and fished
What is the Arctic?
Region where it was cool and dry in the mountains
What is the Plateau?
ceremonial gift-giving celebration practiced in the Northwest Coast
What is a potlatch?
The Iroquois and Algonquin peoples often formed these "leagues of friendship"
What are confederacies?