Native Americans and Their Land

A natural environment includes

• plants
• factories
• stories
• culture

Many Native American groups tell origin stories in order to

• teach their children the arts of warfare
• explain how Earth and its people came to be
• predict how the world will end
• take the place of their native language

According to the Hopis, where did people live at first

• in the sky
• inside the Earth
• across the sea
• in a dense forest

As they migrated, the first Americans went in search of big game such as

• whales
• walruses 
• bears
• caribou

As they migrated, early American Indians had to adapt by

• using what was around them in nature
• carrying all of their food with them
• leaving old tools behind
• appointing new chiefs to lead them

A circular area, sometimes underground, where tribe members talk, work, or perform religious ceremonies

• pictograph
• adaptation
• migration
• kiva

Movement of people from one country or area of the world to a new home in another country or area

• pictograph
• adaptation
• migration
• kiva

Something from nature that is useful to people, such as soil, water, and minerals

• pictograph
• natural resource
• origin story
• kiva

A change or adjustment in a way of life that allows people to survive in a particular environment

• pictograph
• adaptation
• migration
• kiva

A picture that represents an important event or idea

• pictograph
• adaptation
• migration
• kiva