Great Plains Indians

Identify the Great Plains region using the map

• Green
• Yellow
• Pink
• Blue

As semi-nomadic people, the Native Americans of the Great Plains followed this big game as they hunted them for food

• Moose

• Wolf

• Bear

• Buffalo

The Great Plains Native Americans often hunted big game on horseback. Their weapon of choice was

• Shell spear
• Wooden spear
• Bow and arrow
• Lasso 

The Great Plains Indians who followed the herds of Buffalo lived in which type of homes?

• Chickee houses

• Adobe houses

• TeePees

• Lodges

The Great Plains Native Americans hunted big game like buffalo only for food and threw out the remains such as bones, horns and fur

• True

• False

What artwork was created and unique for this tribe?

• Turquoise jewlery
• Paintings on animal hides
• Rock painting
• Kachina dolls

The Great Plains region used whales for food, tools, etc.

• True
• False

Which animal changed the way the Great Plains Indians hunted buffalo?

• rabbit

• horse

• elk

• bear

Plains people used a ___________ to carry the meat and skins back to camp.

• wagon

• buggy

• travois

• mini-van

Some Plains groups stayed in one place and lived in large homes made of logs covered with grasses, sticks, and soil. What were these homes called?

• Lodge

• Pueblos

• Travois

• Kiva