Vocabulary
What does trade mean?
Buying or selling of goods or services in exchange for something else.
How many different regions were there on the eastern side and what were their names?
Eastern Woodlanders (northeastern), and southeastern
Can you name two of the regions in the western side?
Southwestern, Great Basin, Pacific Northwest, Plateau, California
What kind of houses did these natives live in?
teepees
What does economy mean?
Study of money/ the way people in a certain area spend or make money
What does resource mean?
things that are useful and satisfy our needs and wants.
What were natives from this region called?
Woodlanders
What did these tribes mainly do for food?
They were nomadic and followed animals or ate a lot of plants they found during travels because farming was difficult due to the climate.
What was their main resource?
Buffalo/Bison
Why did many natives begin dying when the settlers migrated over to their land?
The settlers brought diseases that the natives were not immune to.
What is a commodity?
any product that is bought or sold
We know the geography of this region had a lot of forests and was along the coastline. How does this connect to the resources natives used?
Natives in this region ate a lot of fish because they were close to the ocean.
Why were homes in the southwest built out of stone and adobe?
To keep the house cooler in the summer.
Settlers came in and pushed natives out of their home into different land. What did they call the land where natives were forced to live?
Reservations
Describe a wigwam
Wigwams were round houses made out of bark
What does irrigation mean?
Taking water from one place to get it to where it is needed.
How do tribes still try to keep their culture alive?
Still taking part in the celebrations and ceremonies
Why was farming difficult for these natives?
What religion were natives in this region believe in?
They believed in animism.
Originally there were no people living in the Americas. How did people migrate here?
The Bering Land Bridge (migrated from Alaska)
Explain the different between nomadic and migration.
What does the "three sisters" refer to?
The plants they used, corn, beans, and squash.
What was something the native had never seen before, but thanks to the Columbian exchange, was brought to the old world that significantly changed natives lives for the better?
Horses
Describe the climate and geography of this area.
The climate was mild with warm summers and cool winters. The geography was flat.
Food for Beads
Etc. (answers will vary)