Shelter
Food and Clothes
Region and Inventions
Transportation and Migration Theories
Definitions
100

Igloos

What were the Inuit houses called?

100

Because the climate was hot

Why did the Tainos wear light clothing?

100

Caribbean Islands

What region are the Tainos from?

100

Canoes

What did the Eastern Woodland Native Americans use for transportation?

100

A person/animal's surroundings

What is the environment?

200

Straw and palm leaves

What did the Tainos use to build their houses?

200

Raw meat

What did the Inuit eat?

200

Parkas and kayaks

Which inventions of the Inuit do we still use today?

200

Dogsleds and kayaks

What did the Inuit use for transportation?

200

The way that people change their surroundings to make it easier to live.

What is adaptation?

300

Wood

What did the Eastern Woodland Native Americans use to build their houses?

300

Deerskin and fur

What did the Eastern Woodland Native Americans use to make their clothing?

300

Arctic (Alaska)

What region are the Inuit from?

300

Because they lived on islands!

Why did the Tainos use boats for transportation?

300

Objects made or used by people long ago

What is an artifact?

400

Snow blocks and seal skin

What did the Inuit use to build their houses?

400

Because they lived near the water

Why did the Tainos eat a lot of fish?

400

Canoes

Which invention of the Eastern Woodland Native Americans do we still use today?

400

During the Ice Age, Native Americans first came to the Americas by walking from Russia to Alaska.

What is the Bering Land Bridge Theory?

400

The way people and goods move from one place to another.

What is transportation?

500

Because that was what they had, and because they lived in a hot climate

Why did the Tainos build their houses out of straw and palm leaves?

500

Caribou skin and goose feathers

What did the Inuit use to make their parkas?

500

Northeast in the U.S.

What region are the Eastern Woodland Native Americans from?

500

Native Americans first came to the Americas by boat from Russia to Alaska and then down the coast to the Americas:

What is the Pacific Coast Migration Theory?

500

A scientists who studies the past by finding and examining artifacts.

What is an archeologist?