Native American Cultures

Longhouses held many families.

• True
• False

What does the land bridge theory explain? 

• How Native Americans learned to  Why animals such as mammoths may have become extinct.
• How Native Americans learned to 
• Why glaciers may have caused water levels to drop.
• How early people may have migrated from Asia to the Americas. 

How did most American Indians meet their basic food needs?

• trading with other countries
• buying goods from colonial settlers
• traveling to a nearby town
• using resources in the environment

In which type of home did the early Eastern Woodlands Indians most often live?

• igloo
• teepee
• longhouse
• igloo

Why were many of the Native Americans who lived on the Great Plains nomadic people?

• They were trapping fish
• They were looking for fertile lands to farm
• They were following the buffalo to hunt
• They were finding new areas to mine

Why did American Indians living on the Great Plains use teepees?

•  to follow herds of animals
•  to stay near other tribes
• to move to a better climate
• to stay near their crops

In which region could you find Pueblo style homes?

• Pacific Northwest
• Eastern Woodlands
• Southwest Desert
• Great Plains

What were the houses of the Southwest Native Americans?

• longhouses
• tepees
• wigwams
• pueblos

The Native Americans of the ________ Region lived in igloos

• Pacific Northwest
• Arctic
• Plateau
• Plains

The Inuits lived in a ________________.

• Longhouse
• Chickee
• Igloo
• Teepee