Southeastern
Eastern Woodlands
Similarities/ Differences
Tools/ Artifacts
Miscellaneous
100

What type of shelter did they live in?

Wattle and Daub 

100

What transportation did they use?

Foot and canoe 

100

What food did the Southeastern mainly hunt that the Eastern Woodland didn’t?

Turkey

100

What is a Bow and Arrow? 

  The bow and arrow was a way to hunt and defend themselves in war.  The weapon is a two part system that consists of a flexible string of wool or bone that would allow an arrow to be pulled back and shot into the distance at an aiming target.  

100

What is a canoe made of?

Birch bark and tree gum

200

This tradition was practiced to help people grieve the loss of their loved ones.

Cry ceremonies 

200

What type of shelter did they live in? 

Longhouses 

200
What do the regions' transportation systems have in common? 

They both travel travel by foot and canoe. 

200

Ceramics/ Pottery 

Hardened clay that Native Americans made by hand and constructed to use as art, pottery, or storage.  The Natives used pottery to store and serve food.  The pottery was open air fired or pit fired.  

200

What is a dugout made from? 

Canoes made from cedar wood. 

300

What transportation did they use?

Dugout, foot, and canoe.

300

What was their environment like in this region? 

Fertile soil, rivers, and forests.

300

What do the regions' food sources have in common? 

Vegetables and deer.

300

Loom with Textiles 

The famously known Navajo tribe is a form of artistic expression to weave colorful cloth used for clothing, filling of baskets, and more.

300

What is a longhouse? 

Made from tree and bark. Many families lived in it, can mothers owned. 

400

What was the type(s) of food they ate?

Fish, deer, turkey, beans, berries, squash, nuts, and corn.

400

What were the types of food they ate?

Bear, deer, elk, raccoons, rabbits, beaver, corn, squash, beans, and fish.

400

What do the regions' environments have in common? 

Fertile soil, rivers, and forests

400

Coil Basket 

Materials such as sweet grass, pine needles, and other forms of fine material were sewn into a basket.  This basket was put together tightly so that liquids, such as water, could be easily carried and transferred.

400

What is the difference between a red and white chief?

The red chief signified times at war; the white chief was the leader of peace.  

500

What was their environment like in this region? 

Moderate climate, great soil, coastal waters, rivers, and forests.

500

What three crops made up the Three Sisters growing trio? 

Corn, squash, and beans 

500

 What food did the Eastern Woodland region mainly hunt that the Southeastern hunt didn’t?

Bear

500

Did both regions use these artifacts?

Yes

500

What is a Wattle and Daub? 

Houses weaved in river cane, wood, and vines with mud around the frame with grass and bark.  Stockades surround them.