Native Dwellings

Match the following shelters to their region.

• Southwest

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• Western Great Plains

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• Pacific Northwest

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• Northeastern Woodlands

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• Southeastern Woodlands

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Match the shelter with the materials used to make it.

• Bark & wooden poles

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• Wooden poles covered with clay and bark

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• Buffalo skins and wooden poles

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• Boards cut from cedar trees

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• Stones and adobe bricks

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Match the following shelter with its unique feature.

• Totem poles were placed at entrances.

• Large House

• Easy to pack up and move.

• teepee

• Holds several families and fires going.

• Longhouse

• Used for dances and ceremonies.

• Pueblo

• Ladders connected several stories.

• Roundhouse

House is heated by central open fireplaces in a ​ (a)   .

• large house
• pueblo
• roundhouse
• longhouse

Flaps on ​ (a)   acted as vents to let out smoke or let in fresh air.

• teepee
• longhouse
• roundhouse
• pueblo

Rooms are heated by coal fires instead of wood in a ​ (a)   .

• pueblo
• large house
• roundhouse
• longhouse

​ (a)   were sometimes used as a shelter for the elderly.

• Roundhouses
• Longhouses
• Teepees
• Pueblo