Native American Unit

Why did wealthy (rich) people usually rule the clans?

• they had the most weapons

• they wanted to be the teachers

• there was no other type of government

• they didn't want anyone else to have control

In the Eastern Woodlands, five tribes came together for peace to form the...

• Pueblo Group

• Shaman Group

• Iroquois League of Nations

• Powwow Confederation

Most Native Americans in the SOUTHWEST lived in...

• longhouses

• tepees

• pueblos (villages)

• wigwams

Which area was known for hunting whales?

• Northwest Coast

• Southwest

• Great Plains

• Cherokee

Which area hunted buffalo as their main way of life?

• Northwest Coast

• Eastern Woodlands

• Southwest

• Great Plains

Which group had to deal with the hottest and most arid (dry) climate?

• Northwest Coast

• Great Plains

• Eastern Woodlands

• Southwest

Which main resource did the people of the Northwest Coast use to build their houses and canoes?

• Birch trees

• Pine trees

• Cedar trees

• Animals Skins

How were the Southwest tribes able to grow crops?

• irrigation systems

• they grew crops that didn't need water

• they didn't grow any and traveled to find them instead

• they grew them next to rivers

In the Great Plains, why did many tribes only build temporary homes and not permanent sod ones?

• It got too muddy

• They didn't have sod in the deep forest

• They just followed buffalo herds and didn't settle anywhere

• They thought it was unhealthy to live in sod

DURING a potlatch, the Native Americans in the Northwest Coast would...

• Give gifts as a sign of their wealth

• sing to a whale before killing it

• build houses for all its clan members

• carve history into a wooden pole