Native American Cultural Groups

All of the Native American groups that inhabited the Americas had similar cultures.

• True

• False

The geography and climate of the region had a huge influence on the culture of the Native Americans that inhabited that region.

• True

• False

Name the Native American group who relied mostly on the buffalo.

• Southwest

• Plains

• Pacific Northwest

• Eastern Woodlands

Moving from place to place, often with the changes in the seasons, to follow sources of food.

• culture

• government

• nomadic

• artifact

An object made by a group of humans, such as tools and clothes

• antique

• artifact

• gorge

• mesa

A flat topped hill with steep sides

• mesa

• delta

• gorge

• plain

What kind of vegetation is found in the Great Plains?

• trees

• ferns

• treeless grasslands

• forests

Wildlife in the Great Plains included _______.

• fish, elk, wolves

• birds and fish

• alligators and snakes

• land animals - antelope, deer, bear, bison

Native Americans lived in culture groups. A culture group means to have...

• The same way of life. 

• Different ways of life

• A fiesta

• Live in different areas.

Native Americans who lived near deserts used ___ or ___ to build their homes. 

• Wood/Trees

• Clay/Stone

• Buffalo/Hides

• Steel/Iron