Native Americans of the Plains

Identify the Great Plains region using the map

• Green
• Yellow
• Pink
• Blue

The Great Plains region is well-known for their 

• rolling hills and small shrubs
• mountains and valleys
• flat, treeless prairies
• rivers and marshalnds

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

Native Americans of the Great Plains lived in

• Chickee houses
• Adobe houses
• TeePees
• Plank houses

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

• True
• False

What changed the Plains Native Americans lives forever? 

• horses
• cats
• ships
• dogs

What did Native Americans of the Plains usually hunt? 

• buffalo
• horses
• deer
• turkey

What did Native American Tribes of the Plains use buffalo hides for? 

• Teepees
• Rugs
• Sheets
• Canvas for painting

What were the people of the Plains called?

• Hopi

• Tlingit

• Iriquois

• Lakota Sioux

The Plains region used teepees because...

• they looked cool
• they were made of wood and strong
• they could move them to follow the buffalo