Food
What did the people of the Desert Southwest do for food?
farming and hunted deer, rabbit, and squirrel. Farming tribes grew extensive variety of crops.
The Plains housing was?
Tipis
What is the location of the Plains?
in “great plains” of N.America. east of
Rocky Mts and west of Mississippi
River.
What is the environment of the Eastern Woodland people?
many lakes, rivers, great forests
What are the tribes in the Pacific Northwest?
Inuit, Nez Perce, Haida, Chinook, Makah
The Plains
relied on buffalo for
food, weapons, etc. Some tribes near
the eastern half of the plains settled
into villages and grew maize, corn,
beans, and tobacco.
What was the housing of Eastern woodland? What was it made of?
Wigwam and Longhouse; made of sticks, mud and clay
What is the location of the Eastern Woodland?
along east coast of N.America, east of
Mississippi River, into Canada. First
tribes located in Ohio.
What is the environment of the Desert Southwest?
Varies greatly, but mostly covered in desert. Little rainfall in most areas. Some areas have mineral wealth, great forests, and fertile valleys.
What are the tribes in the Plains and believed in the Sun Dance?
Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Crow, Lakota; were nomads as they followed buffalo herd
Pacific Northwest
great supply of fish (especially
salmon), seals, otters, whales. did not
develop much agriculture because of
plentiful sea life.
What was the housing of Pacific Northwest? What was it made of?
built big-houses or longhouses that contained several families. built from very sturdy and strong cedar trees
What was the location of the Desert Southwest people?
southwest of N.America into Northern Mexico and Central America
What is the environment of the Plains?
lacked forests, major rivers and
streams. Very flat grasslands.
What are the tribes in the Eastern Woodlands?
Adena and Hopewell (first tribes located in Chillicothe, OH)Illinois, Iroquois, Shawnee, Cherokee, Cree, Seminole
Eastern Woodland food and thanked who for their food?
hunter-gatherers at first, began cultivating crops later. Hunted deer, rabbit, squirrels. Grew corn, beans, squash (the three sisters). Tribes near water ate fish, oysters, clams. They thanked the Great Spirit!
What was the housing of Desert Southwest? What was it made of?
built adobe (mud brick) homes or cliff-side home Some nomadic, hunter-gather tribes lived in tipis like the plains.
What was the location of the Pacific Northwest people?
northwest coast of N.America, bound
by Rocky Mts to the east.
What did the tribes use in the Pacific Northwest from the environment that was part of their religion?
totem polls made from cedar.
What are the tribes believed in Kachina Dolls?
Hopi, Anasazi (Pueblo), Yuma, Pima,
Mojave, Navajo, Apache
In Desert Southwest what did they use for farming?
Irrigation
Why did the Plains use Tipis?
Easy to make and transport because they were nomads.
What was the advantage of the Pacific Northwest location on housing?
built from very sturdy and strong cedar trees
How did the environment effect the Plains people?
They lived in grassland and had no protect from the weather and herds of buffalo from mountains or forests.
False, they were raiders in the Desert Southwest.