Ute
Shoshone
Navajo
Paiute
Goshute
100

What did the Utes call themselves, meaning “the people” or “high land people”?

What is Nooch?

100

What large desert region did the Shoshone live in?

What is the Great Basin?

100

What do the Navajo call themselves?

Who are the Diné?

100

What environment did many Paiute people live in?

What is the desert / Great Basin region?

100

Where did the Goshute people live?

What is the Great Basin Desert of western Utah and Nevada?

200

What type of portable home did most Utes live in?

What is a tipi?

200

Why did Shoshone people travel in small bands?

What is to make it easier to find enough food?

200

What type of home did the Navajo build that had a doorway facing east?

What is a hogan?

200

What kind of food did Paiute people often gather in the desert?

What are plants, seeds, and roots?

200

Why did the Goshute travel often?

What is to search for food in the harsh desert environment?

300

What animal did the Utes get from Spanish explorers that changed their lifestyle and helped them hunt buffalo?

What are horses?

300

What were small grass huts built by some Shoshone called?

What are wickiups?

300

What animals did the Navajo raise for wool to weave rugs?

What are sheep?

300

What kind of homes did Paiute people build using brush and grass?

What are wickiups or brush shelters?

300

What type of food did the Goshute commonly hunt or gather?

What are small animals, seeds, roots, and insects?

400

What is the name of the Ute spring celebration that lasts several days and ends with a feast?

What is the Bear Dance?

400

What ceremony hut did the Shoshone use to pray and talk to spirits?

What is a sweat lodge?

400

What was the forced 250-mile march of the Navajo in 1864 called?

What is the Long Walk?

400

Why did Paiute people move from place to place?

What is to find food and water?

400

What type of shelters did the Goshute build?

What are simple brush shelters?

500

What was the purpose of “counting coup” among Ute warriors?

What is showing bravery by touching an enemy and escaping unharmed?

500

Which famous Shoshone woman helped guide Lewis and Clark across the West?

Who is Sacajawea?

500

What nine-day Navajo healing ceremony includes sacred sand paintings?

What is the Nightway ceremony?

500

What type of lifestyle did Paiute people have because they moved often?

What is a nomadic lifestyle?

500

Why did the Goshute live in small groups?

What is because the desert land could not support large groups?