American Indian Cultures

The first group of people to arrive in North America came from Northeast

• Europe

• Africa

• Asia

Columbus named them ______ because he thought he had landed in the West Indies.

• Indians

• Natives

• Asians

The official name ____ means "the people."

• Eskimos

• Inuit

Winter homes, called ____ were made of snow and ice.

__________ were created from cedar trees to tell stories.

They dressed to show their _____ and _____.

• age and family

• status and wealth

• height and weight

They built permanent homes called pueblos made from _____.

The Hohokam and Pima Nations were the first to invent ______ canals to water their crops.

The Plains people were located between the _____ River and the _____ Mountains.

• Mississippi

• Rocky

• Hudson

• Appalachian

European explorers brought ______ with them to North America.