Native Americans

Why do Native Americans settle near water sources?

• to use a pirogue

• to have fertile soil for farming

• to drink the water

• to build mounds

What is bartering?

• building mounds

• playing games

• trading a good for another good

• slash and burn

What is slash and burn?

• burning trees down

• cutting trees down

• cutting and burning trees to clear the land

• replanting trees to start fresh

What three conditions are necessary for crops to grow?

• sun, sky, rain

• water, fertile soil, and climate

• water, farming, flowers

• climate, dry soil, sun

What resource did the Poverty Point Indians need that wasn't available at their location?

• sunlight

• grass

• dirt

• rocks

How are the Poverty Point Indians different from the Louisiana tribes?

• Poverty Point Indians traded for goods

• Poverty Point Indians were farmers

• Poverty Point Indians were not farmers

• Poverty Point Indians lived in tepees

Why would Native Americans trade for goods found far away from their location?

• They needed resources that they did not have access to

• Natural resources were the same everywhere

• Native Americans did not want the goods that were available to them in their locations

• Native Americans spent a lot of time traveling to visit other tribes

How did the French improve upon the canoe?

• They cut down more trees to make more canoes

• They created the pirogue that was faster and travel in shallow water

• They made the steamboat

• They traveled farther down the rivers

How do we know about the tribes that lived in Louisiana long ago?

• Archaeologist took pictures of the land

• Fossils were found at the sites

• Geologists study the rocks that are there

• Artifacts were left behind and tell us about the past

What is migration?

• flying to another place

• to move from one location to another

• trading with other tribes

• traveling along waterways