Review Geography and American Indians

1. Archaeologists recover and analyze artifacts as they seek to study-

• Political Philosophies

• Types of resources

• Geographic features

• Human behavior and cultures

1. What type of climate did the Kwakiutl mostly likely experience?

• Rainy and Mild

• Desert-like

• Dry grasslands

• Freezing temperatures

What natural resource was available to the early American Indians?

• Canoes

• Fish

• Spears

• Hunters

The Lakota lived in which area of the United States?

• Eastern Woodlands

• Desert

• Great Plains

• Arctic

An American Indian woman is growing corn. She uses wooden tools to dig hole and plant seeds.

Which is a human resource?

• Corn

• Seeds

• wooden tools

• American Indian woman

The Eastern Woodlands region was a

• dry desert

• cold tundra

• region of coastline

• region of thick forests

What environment did the Inuit's live in?

• Grassy plains

• Thick forests

• Arctic areas

• Dry Desert

Why did the Lakota Indians live in teepees?

• If the buffalo herds moved it was easy to tear down and put them back up quickly

• This was the only thing in their environment they could find to live in.

• The English took their other source of housing.

• They wanted a permanent home to live in.

What best describes the region labeled E on the map?

• It contains the lowest point in North America

• It has rolling flatland with many river valleys

• It has flatlands that gradually increase in elevation westward and has grasslands

• It contains the oldest mountain range in North America

Which American Indian group lived in the region labeled 5?

• Pueblo

• Iroquois

• Lakota

• Inuit