Cultural Region
First Americans
The Past
Ms. Hinshaw Trivia
100

All cultural regions share this.

What is a common language?

100

The American Indians migrated from Asia to America in search of this.

What is food?

100

This body of water was important to the Northwest Coast people.

What is the Pacific Ocean?

100

Her puppy

Who is Sherpa?

200

American Indians of the Southeast lived clustered around these.

What are earthen mounds?

200

American Indians used these; they were the most important to their survival.

What are natural resources?

200

Historians used these to learn about how American Indians lived long ago? Hint: we looked at many of these on our placards.

What are artifacts?

200

Her darling son

Who is Jhamal?

300

American Indians who lived on the Plains wore clothing made from animal hides. Their most important economic activity was ____________.

Fishing, mining, hunting or gathering.

What is hunting?

300

The first Americans migrated from Asia to America across this.

What is Beringia, the land bridge?

300

American Indians believed that they were part of a community of living things. This is how they viewed their ________________________.

What is environment?

300

She was born here.

What is Indiana?

400

This allowed American Indians to start to settle in permanent villages.

What is farming or planting crops?

400

This was a strong influence on the kind of shelters used by each American Indian group.

Religion, education, wealth or climate.

What is climate?

400

In order for the mesa people to grow corn in the desert, they had to dig these.

What are irrigation ditches?

400

Ms. Hinshaw almost quit her teaching career to pursue this career.

What is Country Western Singing?

500

These conditions challenged the survival of American Indians in the Southwest?

What are high temperatures and lack of water?

500

The American Indians way of life was determined by this. Hint: there are several.

What are food sources?

What are natural resources?

What is climate?

500

To change in order to become adjusted to new conditions. 

What does the word adapt mean?

500

Ms. Hinshaw raised over $3000 for Ramapo Search and Rescue by participating in this event. 

What is the North Face Endurance Challenge?