Southwest Peoples

How did Pueblo peoples use their natural surroundings to construct housing?

• a) They dammed rivers to clear land.
• b) They built all structures underground.
• c) They used local clay to make adobe for bricks.
• d) They built wickiups from available plants and animal skins

Which statement best describes the Apache’s relations with the Diné?

• a) They ignored the Diné.
• b) They raided Diné villages
• c) They were friendly trade partners
• d) They constantly warred with the Diné.

What geographic features did most of the peoples on the map live near?

• a) rivers
• b) valleys
• c) oceans
• d) mountains

Which people would be most likely to live in a building like this?

• a) Plains peoples
• b) Pueblo tribes
• c) Apache
• d) Diné

What is true of a Pueblo clan? Select the two correct answers

• a) Each clan only eats certain foods
• b) Each clan has its own religious rituals.
• c) Each clan occupies and controls its own village
• d) Each clan is responsible for governing one area of life.
• e) Each clan partners with a similar clan in another village.

What two main groups are the Pueblo peoples divided into?

• a) the Holy People and the Earth Surface People.
• b) the eastern group and the western group.
• c) the cliff dwellers and the kiva dwellers.
• d) the ancestors and the experts.

From where did the Apache migrate to the Southwest?

• a) Europe
• b) Canada
• c) Central America
• d) Eastern Woodlands

What are the Sierra Blanca, Three Sisters Mountains, Oscura Mountain Peak, and Guadalupe Mountains?

• a) the sacred mountains of the Apache
• b) the original home of the Ancestral Pueblo
• c) the places where the Holy People come from
• d) the sites of important battles between the Apache and Diné

Which direction does the door of these types of homes traditionally face?

• a) east
• b) north
• c) south
• d) west

Who or what are the Diné communicating with as shown in these rugs?

• a) clan leaders
• b) supernatural beings
• c) sacred mountains
• d) other Native American nations