Section 2: Native American Cultures

Why did the Anasazi build kivas?

• to honor their dead

• for religious ceremonies

• because they wanted to

What different types of housing were built by the Anasazi?

• Cliff dwellings

• Pit houses

• Stacked houses

• Pueblos

Culture areas are defined as:

Cultures that effect geographic locations..

• True

• False

How did Native Americans view land ownership?

• Ownership only applied to one's own crops

• Any ownership was temporary

• Both

• Neither

What role did religion play in the lives of Native Americans?

• Spirits were everywhere in nature

• Creating totems and kivas

• Burial mounds

• Building temples

The Hopewell and Mississippian mound builders were skilled

• farmers and traders

• warriors

• fishermen

• explorers