Lesson 3 Review: American Indian Cultural Regions

What is an object made by a group of people called?

• culture

• gorge

• artifact

• mesa

When a tribe moves from place to place, they are

• nomadic.

• cultural.

• geographic.

• stable.

What is a flat-topped hill with steep sides called?

• gorge

• valley

• mountain

• mesa

What is a narrow, deep valley with steep sides called?

• mesa

• isthmus

• peninsula

• gorge

What is the way of living that each American Indian group developed called?

• kiva

• mesa

• pueblo

• culture

Which of the following is an example of an artifact?

• a gorge

• a culture

• a mesa

• an old clay pot

Some tribes were nomadic because

• they had plenty of resources.

• they had large amounts of food.

• they wanted to escape hot weather.

• they built large houses made of hide.

How did natural resources affect the cultures of American Indians?

• It influenced what they ate.

• It influenced what shelters they built.

• It. influenced what typed of clothes they wore.

• all of the above

Which physical feature of the California-Intermountain environment provided the Pomos tribe with clamshells to use for jewelry?

• ocean

• mountains

• high desert

• redwood forest

What is a pueblo?

• a hill with a flat top and steep sides

• a basket woven from colorful plants

• an apartment building made of stone and adobe

• a ceremony at which a teen becomes an adult