Indigenous People - Environment & Vocabulary Day 1

By Catherine McHenry

​Indigenous People

Vocabulary & Relationship to the environment

What do you notice about the land?

If you lived here, what would you need to survive?
Different places have different environments, and people use the resources around them.

What resources can this land give us?
How might they be used?

In a dense forest we can find animals, wood, and wild fruit and herbs.
These items were used for many things such as a food source, making homes, and making clothing.

What resources can this land give us?
How might they be used?

In the plains we can find grass and buffalo.
These items were also used for many things such as a food source, making homes, and making clothing.

What resources can this land give us?
How might they be used?

In the desert we can find animals, clay, and stones.
These items were used for many things such as a food source, making homes, and making clothing.

Environment

​The land, water, weather, and plants in a place.

​Things we get from nature that we can use.

​Natural Resources

A large area with its own kind of environment.

Region

How people change what they do to live their life in their environment.

Adaption

A way a group of people live. Their language, traditions, and beliefs.

Culture

Multiple Select

A Natural Resource that people need is?

• Water

• Clothes

• Food

Multiple Choice

An Environment has what?

• Rocks, metals, gases, clouds
• Mountains, rivers, deserts, stars
• Buildings, vehicles, machines, tools
• Air, water, plants, and animals

Multiple Choice

What is a Region?

• A region is a collection of unrelated items.
• A region is a defined area with specific characteristics.
• A region is a concept without any boundaries.

Multiple Choice

What is Culture?

• Culture is the study of ancient artifacts and history.
• Culture refers to the biological characteristics of a species.
• Culture is the collective social behavior, norms, and practices of a group of people.
• Culture is the economic system of a society.