Unit 8 Lesson 1

Open Ended

What do you remember about Native Americans?

Multiple Choice

What region do we live in?

• Southeast

• Great Basin

• Great Plains

• Northeast

Multiple Choice

What region is Florida in?

• Southeast

• Great Basin

• Great Plains

• Northeast

​Complete Activity Book Page 1.1. You need to read the description and write the name of the region in which each Native American tribe, or group, lived. When you are done with A-D, go to the next slide to check your work.

Match

Match the following letters with the corresponding region from Activity Book Page 1.1

• A

• B

• C

• D

Great Plains

Southwest

Northeast

Pacific Northwest

• Great Plains

• Southwest

• Northeast

• Pacific Northwest

​Here are 5 pictures of the homes Native Americans lived in. They built their house out of the resources they had available.

This tribe is able to farm because of its access to good-quality soil and a good water source. The man in the center, uses the bow and arrow he carries to hunt the animal he has on his back.

 Image 3 shows a tribe that lives in a very cold climate near a water source. This tribe hunts large animals in the water, such as whales, using weapons such as the one held by the man in the center of the image.

Image 4 shows a tribe that lives in a hot, dry climate. This tribe is able to plant crops, but the Native Americans in this region plant the crops deep in the ground, where they can be watered from underground water sources.

​Read pages 2-3.

Multiple Select

 The last paragraph on page 2 implies that surviving in the Great Plains climate was challenging. What challenges can you infer the Plains tribes faced in this landscape?

• There is not much food.

• There aren’t many trees with which to build shelter or make fires.

• There isn’t much water.

• Winter is very warm and summer is very dry.

Open Ended

How did Native Americans of the Great Plains survive in the harsh climate?

​Read pages 4-5.

Multiple Choice

What is implied in the last sentence on page 5?

• They are comfortable where they live.

• Life is going to stay the same.

•  Life is about to change significantly for Native Americans.

• There is no reason for them to worry.

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​Read page 6.

Multiple Choice

Where did the term American Indians come from?

• It originated from the indigenous tribes themselves
• American Indians are actually from India
• When Europeans first arrived in the Americas, they thought they were in the Indies, so they called the people they encountered Indians.

• The term was coined by Spanish explorers in the 16th century

Open Ended

 Why did many things begin to change for Native Americans starting in 1492 CE?

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​Read page 7.

Multiple Choice

What can we infer from the last paragraph about the impact Europeans had on Native Americans?

• Europeans helped Native Americans greatly.

• Europeans had an overall negative impact on Native Americans lives.

• Native Americans were happy to have the Europeans join them on their land.

• Europeans were mad at Native Americans.

​Read page 8-9.

Multiple Choice

Why was change somewhat swifter for tribes in the East?

• The East had fewer resources available for trade and alliances
• Tribes in the East were less interested in adopting European customs
• Europeans moved in and established towns, farms, and cities on the very land the eastern tribes inhabited.

• European powers were less willing to engage with tribes in the East

Multiple Select

What phrases make it clear that Europeans are being described from Native Americans’ perspective?

• men came from the sea itself

• strange men from distant lands who had beards, and . . . wore metal armor on their bodies

• European explorers existed mainly in rumors and campfire tales

• weapons that made the sound of thunder echo through the forests and canyons

• Native Americans usually traded with neighboring tribes.

​Read page 10-11.

Multiple Choice

What is meant by the phrase a narrative that played out again and again?

• Tensions, wars, and forced relocation to reservation land repeatedly had the same effect on different groups of Native Americans.

• Wars only happened once and the tension between Native Americans and Europeans went away.

• A single occurrence of a story that never repeats.

• A story that has no recurring elements

Open Ended

 Describe the effect the continued expansion of the United States had on the Cherokee.