American Indians

After water, what was the most important natural resource for the tribe on the PLAINS?

• buffalo
• fish
• rivers
• trees

Tribes used different shelters.  Which was most often used as temporary housing when hunting or fishing?

• Igloos
• Chickees
• Longhouses
• Teepees

 Native Americans used items in their environment to help them survive.  How were the Far Northwest and Northwest tribes able to light their lamps?

• They burned wood they didn’t use.
• They used seal and whale oil.
• They used hydro-electric energy.
• They used energy from the sun.

Define economy

• The way people use resources to meet their needs
• The way people us the stuff other tribes give them
• the way people trade

What was the most important natural resource for the Plains Indians (other than water)?

• Corn
• Buffalo
• Rice

How did a person become a chief of a Plains Indian group?

• The winner of a fight or battle 
• chosen by the people
• the old chief picks

What is the main basis used to group Eastern Woodlands peoples as Iroquois or Algonquian?

• the way they hunted 
• what they wore 
• language they spoke

What was one major purpose of the Iroquois League?

• start conflict 
• resolve conflict 
• to have people to hang out with

Which people adapted to their environment by building their homes out of blocks of ice?

• Pacific Northwest 
• Navajo
• The Inuit

Travois is related to which American Indian group?

• Plains Indians
• Pacific Northwest
• Inuit