Native American Cultural Areas Map Locations

Match the Cultural Areas with their location on the Map

• Desert Southwest

• Area 7

• Great Plains

• Area 4

• Northeast / Eastern Woodlands

• Area 3

• Pacific Northwest Coast

• Area 6

Match the correct Homes with the Cultural Area

• Area 7

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• Area 6

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• Area 4

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• Area 3

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Which region on the map best fits this description of its environment? • treeless grasslands • dense grasses • large buffalo herds

• Southeast

• Great Plains

• Southwest

• Great Basin

Which region on the map has the largest freshwater lakes?

• Northwest Coast

• Plateau

• California

• Eastern Woodlands

What region had totem poles?

• Eastern Woodlands

• Great Plains

• Southwest Desert

• Northwest Coast

This was the most important animal to this region for the Native Americans of the Great Plains. They followed this big game as they hunted them for food

• Moose

• Wolf

• Bear

• Bison (buffalo)

Why did the northwest region eat many fish?

• They lived near the Pacific ocean and streams

• They rode their horses to the Atlantic Ocean.

• They went fishing in Coligny.

• The northwest region did not eat fish

Select the Artifact and the Cultural Area from which it came:

• Wampum Belt

• Headdress

• Northeast/Eastern Woodlands

• Great Plains

What was the purpose of Wampum Belts?

• To be decorative

• To represent peace treaties

• To look cool

• To represent the leader of the tribe