Native Regions
– These Native Americans lived in the Arctic and built igloos.
Who are the Inuit?
The Inuit built these structures for shelter in winter.
What are igloos?
The Plains tribes hunted this animal for meat, tools, and clothing.
What is the buffalo?
Native American religions were closely tied to this.
What is nature?
This Native group formed a powerful confederacy for peace and protection.
Who are the Iroquois?
This region was home to tribes like the Cherokee and Creek.
What is the Southeast?
The Pueblo peoples of the Southwest lived in homes made of this material.
What is adobe or clay?
The Iroquois farmed this trio of crops known as the "Three Sisters."
What are corn, beans, and squash?
Native American stories were passed down this way.
What is oral tradition?
The Iroquois Confederacy inspired this later U.S. document.
What is the Constitution?
Tribes in the Great Plains relied on this large animal.
What is the buffalo?
Native groups in the Eastern Woodlands built homes called this.
What are longhouses or wigwams?
Coastal tribes of the Pacific Northwest relied on this resource for food.
What is fish or salmon?
Totem poles represented what?
What are family history, clans, or spirits?
Leaders and councils were often chosen by this method.
What is consensus or tribal vote?
The Iroquois Confederacy formed in this region.
What is the Northeast or Eastern Woodlands?
Plains tribes often lived in these cone-shaped tents made from buffalo hides.
What are tipis?
The Inuit hunted these sea mammals.
What are seals or whales?
The Plains Indians held this sacred event as part of their spiritual life.
What is the Sun Dance?
Women in the Iroquois tribes played this important role in government.
What is selecting chiefs?
Native peoples of the Pacific Northwest were known for carving these tall wooden structures.
What are totem poles?
How did geography affect the types of homes Native Americans built?
What is they used materials available in their environment?
How did the environment affect the food Native Americans ate?
What is they used the resources around them for food?
Many Native groups believed spirits lived in animals and the land. This belief is known as what?
What is animism?
Some Native governments had this structure, where people voted or gave input.
What is a council or democracy?