Southwest Tribes
This tribe is known for living in adobe cliff dwellings in the desert.
Pueblo
Plains tribes often followed these animals for food, clothing, and shelter.
Buffalo/bison
Tribes like the Iroquois and Cherokee lived in these large, long wooden homes.
Longhouses
What material did they make their houses and tools from?
Wood
What is the name of the piece of land connected Asia and North America?
Beringa
What were their 3 main crops?
Corn, beans, and squash.
This type of home, made from wooden poles and buffalo hides, was used by Plains tribes because it could be easily moved.
Tipis/Tepees
What is the name of the sharpened tree trunks built to protect the village?
A palisade
What is the name of the canoes they would create?
Dugouts
What is the name for someone who studies the cultures of people who lived long ago?
Archaeologists
How did the Pueblo people access their homes?
Using ladders
Name one of the tribes of the Plains
Wichitas, Pawnees, Sioux, Mandans , Cheyennes, Kiowas, Comanches
This governing system allowed different tribes to unite for peace and collective decisions.
The Iroquois League
What is the name of the wooden post carved with shapes of people and animals?
Totem poles
What is the difference between an ancestor and descendant?
An ancestor is someone in your family who lived before you. A descendant is someone who comes after you in your family line.
What shape is a hogan usually?
Usually it was cone shaped
What is a travois?
A carrier made of tepee poles, usually used a dog
What is one of the uses of wampum beads?
Keep records, send other tribes messages, use to barter, make gifts like belts
What was their main food source, and what weapon did they use?
Fish by spears
What is the name for a culture that usually has cities and well-developed forms of government, religion, and learning?
A civilization
How did the Navajo people honor their gods?
Through ceremonies
Why did the the plains people choose a tepee for their home?
They used tepees because they move around a lot and a tepee is easy to pick up and travel with.
Why did they use the slash-and-burn method?
To clear the dead trees for more land for crops
Who were the Arctic native Americans, and what 2 places did they live?
The Inuit lived in Alaska and Canada.
Over time, some ancient Indians changed their way of life even more. They planted seeds and are food crops. This was the beginning of ________.
Agriculture