Common Assessment #1 Study Guide

What two resources were most important to the tribes on the Pacific Coast?

• Salmon

• Forests

• Buffalo

• Cedar wood

True or false? The Arctic region was a cold, snow-covered region where most tribes lived in igloos.

• True

• False

Some American Indian tribes often built their homes near rivers so they could fish. They also built their homes from logs they found in the forest. Which region do you think these tribes most likely would have lived?

• Arctic

• Northwest

• Plains

• Southwest

Some homes were made of bricks that were made with mixed clay, sand, grass, and straw. These types of homes were called what?

• Hogans

• Wigwams

• Teepees

• Pueblos

A painting shows rolling hills and running buffalo. This painting most likely shows which region?

• Arctic

• Northwest

• Plains

• Southwest

How were shelters in the Arctic different from shelters in the Southwest?

• Arctic tribes lived in igloos, Southwest tribes lived in pueblos.

• Arctic tribes lived in tent huts, Southwest tribes lived in longhouses.

• Arctic houses were built with mud, Southwest houses were made of stone.

• Arctic tribes made their homes with wigwam, Southwest made their homes with planks and bark roofs.

If a tribe has dugout canoes made from tall cedar trees, they are most likely from which region?

• Arctic

• Northwest

• Plains

• Southwest

Plains tribes used their environment to their advantage. They often used the skin of animals they hunted for food to build what?

• Longhouses

• Lightweight shelters

• Farms

Traveled to find food, could not grow crops

Lived in long-term houses, grew many crops