2.1 Study Guide

In which of the following types of home did Northeastern peoples often live?

• wigwam

• tepee

• igloo

• pueblo

a home made by Northeastern Native Americans, formed by bending the trunks of young trees and tying them together to make a round frame covered with bark or reed mats

• wigwam

• igloo

• tepee

• longhouse

What environmental change allowed people to travel by land between Asia and North America?

• human adaptation to Arctic environments

• the introduction of horses to North America

• the formation of ice sheets on land

• a rise in ocean temperatures

How did people first arrive in North America?

• They sailed across the Pacific Ocean

• They sailed across the Arctic Ocean

• They migrated by land and sea from South America to North America

• They walked or paddled along the shoreline from Asia to North America

Which best explains why the Sioux used tepees as housing?

• Because the Sioux lived in the Great Plains, they did not have access to cliffs to build their houses.

• Because the Sioux hunted buffalo, their hide was the main source of building material.

• Because the Sioux we nomadic, they needed to use materials that could be easily packed and moved.

• Because the Sioux were not farmers, they did not need sturdy houses made out of adobe.

Which of the following best describes a potlatch?

• a religious ritual

• a type of dwelling

• a social gathering

• a culture region

a person related to previous generations of ancestors

• superclass

• descendant

• figure

• way of life

portable, cone-shaped home made by Native Americans who lived on the Plains

• tepee

• longhouse

• wigwam

• igloo

domed house made from blocks of snow by American Indians who lived in the Arctic

• igloo

• wigwam

• potlatch

• tepee

feasting and gift-giving ceremony in northwestern American Indian culture

• sun worship

• igloo

• longhouse

• potlatch