Native American Culture Areas

What are culture areas

• Areas that spoke the same language

• Geographic locations that influenced society

• Areas that worshiped the same religion

• All of these

• None of these

Answer explanation

The answer is in the very first sentence on pg 12!

How did the Inuit and Aleut adapt to their climate?

• They built igloos

• They built houses into the ground

• They built hide tents

• All of these

Why did the Dogrib and Montagnais people live in tents for part of the year and log cabins for other parts of the year?

• They followed the migration of deer

• The weather change was drastic during new seasons

• They were artistic and valued architecture

• They moved their herd of sheep to different pastures

How could you increase your social importance if you lived in the Pacific Northwest?

• Build a Totem Pole

• Host a Potlatches

• Host a Rain Dance

• Win a dog sledding race

Farming was not necessary in

• The Southwest because fishing was plentiful

• California because raiding was profitable

• The Southwest because the people built pueblos

• California because food was plentiful

How did Pueblo people, like the Hopi and Zuni, adapt to their dry culture?

• They used Adobe brick

• They irrigated their fields

• They grew maize

• All of these

What was the most important animal to the Plains Indians?

• The deer

• The buffalo

• The ground hog

• The bald eagle

Matrilineal means

• Families were traced through their mother

• Men could have more than one wife

• Children were raised by the entire village

• All of these

What political group was formed in the Northeast?

• The Cherokee

• The Iroquois League

• The Creek Nation

• The Seminole Confederation

What is a shared belief among all Native Americans?

• Totems are spirits of animals

• Vegitarianism

• Nature is spiritual

• Monotheism