Unit 2 Pre-Columbian

In North American, group of communities where people had the same customs and government were called ___.

• villages

• districts

• tribes

• states

What did the Eastern Woodlands tribes use for clothes?

• woven fibers

• cotton

• hides or skins

• leaves or wood fibers

When they were hunting, what were the small shelters that the Northeast Woodland tribes built?

• igloos

• teepees

• wigwams

• longhouses

The land in the southeast was rich in plants that were made into ___.

• ropes

• nets

• clothes

• medicine

The Creek tribe built large earthen mounds as ____.

• entertainment centers

• sports arenas

• ceremonial complexes

• trade markets

What are the tall, cone-shaped houses made of bison hides stretched over wooden poles called?

• wigwams

• tall houses

• igloos

• teepees

Carvings made on wooden poles that tell a tribe's history and stories are called a ____.

• statue

• monument

• totem

• sanctuary

To help crops grow, what did the Southwest tribes do?

• They fertilized crops.

• They plowed farmland.

• They irrigated farmland.

• They used new tools.

What was the main source of food and materials for the Midwest tribes?

• elk

• deer

• bear

• bison

What did Western tribes wear in colder seasons?

• clothing made from grasses

• woven leaves and brush

• blankets

• furs