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Native American Cultural Regions

Vocabulary

Question: A way of living for a group of people.
Answer: Culture

Question: What are objects made by Native Americans to help them adapt to their environment?
Answer: Artifacts

Question: Moving from place to place with the changes in the seasons, often to follow sources of food.
Answer: Nomadic

Question: Flat-topped hill with steep sides
Answer: Mesa

Question: A narrow, deep valley with steep sides
Answer: Gorge

Guess the Region

Question: Which cultural region had mesas, canyons, and deserts in this region? The climate was hot in summer and freezing in winter.  There was little rain.  The Hopi lived in this region.
Answer: Southwest

Question: Which  region was located between the Cascade and Rocky Mountains? There were rivers, trees near the mountains, and thick grasses and plants.  The Yakima lived in this region.
Answer: Plateau

Question: This region extended from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River Valley.  It was mostly grassland.  Many animals lived there, including deer, bear, and buffalo/bison.  The Dakotas lived in this region.
Answer: Great Plains

Question: Which region extended from the Atlantic Ocean, along the Gulf of Mexico, all the way to East Texas?  It was hot and humid, especially in the summer. Part of this region included swamps that were home to deer, alligators, and snakes. There were tall palms and cypress trees. The Seminole lived here.
Answer: Southeast

Question: Which region extended from the Atlantic Coast through the Ohio Valley to the Mississippi River. The region has four seasons. Streams and rivers crisscrossed the region and wound through forests of oak, maple, and birch trees. The forests were home to deer, beaver, and turkeys. Algonquin tribes lived in this region.
Answer: Eastern Woodlands

More About Regions

Question: Which region stretched from the Pacific Coast to the Sierra Nevada mountains and into the Great Basin?  Part of the region was desert with extreme heat and cold and little rainfall. The other part had a mild climate and rich resources like redwood forests, shores, clams, and shellfish. The Pomo lived here.
Answer: California-Intermountain

Question: Why were some tribes nomadic?
Answer: They wanted to escape hot weather.

Question: Why would the Seminoles of southern Florida need to wear deer-hide leggings?
Answer: To protect themselves from the sharp saw grass and mosquitoes.

Question: How did the Yakimas of the Plateau adapt to the harsh winters?
Answer: They made underground winter houses to insulate themselves from the cold.

Question: Name 3 ways how natural resources affected the cultures of the American Indians.
Answer: 1. It affected what they ate.
2. It affected what shelters they built.
3. It affected what clothing they wore.


Artifacts

Question: Which tribe made the Chickee Houses and why?
Answer: The Seminoles from the southeast, because they lived in swampland and the platform houses protected them from the wet ground.

Question:
What is a pueblo?

Answer: An apartment made of stone and adobe

Question: Which Indian group made the clay pot and why?
Answer: The Hopi from the southwest, because they lived in the desert.  They made this artifact so they could cook, serve, and store food in it.

Question: Which tribe made cedar bark clothing and why?
Answer: The Kwiakiutl from the Northwest Coast because it was a rainy climate all year long.  The clothing gave them warmth and protection from the rain.

Question: Who made the birch bark canoe and why?
Answer: The Algonquins of the Eastern Woodlands made it so that the boats were light and could be carried from one stream to another.

Life in the Regions

Question: Where did the Indians of the Plateau region get their water from?
Answer: Large rivers

Question: Which land feature of the California-Intermountain environment explains the Pomos' use of clam shells?
Answer: The ocean

Question: What were the wigwams of the Algonquin Eastern Woodlands region made of?
Answer: Small trees, birch bark, and mats

Question: What natural resource did the Makahs of the Northwest Coast use to make canoes and totem poles?
Answer: Cedar trees

Question: What did the 5 tribes in the League of the Iroquois agree to do?
Answer: They agreed to avoid war with each other.