Native American Cultural Areas

This region is east of the Mississippi River. The regions name came from forests that covered the land.

• Arctic

• Eastern Woodlands

• Southwest

• The plains

The Native Americans of this region hunted Buffalo on the open fields of grass

• The Northwest

• The Eastern Woodlands

• The Southwest

• The Plains

The people of the ________ built shelters called teepees.

• The Northwest

• The Arctic

• The Plains

• The Southwest

The people of this region ate fish, shellfish, seals, and whales

• The Plains

• The Southwest

• The Northwest

Igloos were build by the people in the ______.

• Southwest

• Eastern Woodlands

• Arctic

Which region lived in Wigwams and Longhouses?

• Plains

• Arctic

• Eastern Woodlands

What did the Eastern Woodlands tribes and the Pacific Northwest tribes have in common?

• They both hunted buffalo.

• They both lived in teepees

• They both made totem poles

• They both hunted and fished.

What was Berengia?

• A tribe of the Northwest Coast

• A place where the tribes settled

• A land bridge between Asia and North America

• A huge, thick sheet of ice.

Native Americans of the Southwest region had to overcome what problem because they lived in the desert?

• They had no sources of food

• Having little water

• The region was very cold

• Not having enough land

Great Plains people were nomadic hunters.NOMADIC meaning they......

• were very religious

• ate only vegetables

• ate only vegetables

• moved frequently and followed the animals