Ch. 5 Compare Native American Tribes

Hopi used dry farming to grow crops in dry climate and built homes made of adobe clay

• Eastern Woodland

• Great Plains

• Southwest Desert

• West and Northwest

Used buffalo for food, clothing, and shelter, wasting no part of it, mad jerky from dried buffalo meat so that it would last longer, made teepees for shelter out of buffalo hide

• Eastern Woodland

• Southwest Desert

• Great Plains

• West and Northwest

What changed the lives of the Plains people

• learning about agriculture and farming

• using horses for hunting

• learning how to make jewelry from sea shells and beads

• learning how to make and use a travois

Describe the environment of the Plains.

• dry & rocky, difficult farming, deserts, few rivers

• flat & grassy, few trees, rivers & streams, no large bodies of water

• mountains, swampy areas, grassy areas, Atlantic Ocean

• dark forests, cedar trees, rivers & lakes

Describe the environment of the Northwest.

• dry & rocky, difficult farming, deserts, few rivers

• flat & grassy, few trees, rivers & streams, no large bodies of water

• mountains, swampy areas, grassy areas, Atlantic Ocean

• dark forests, cedar trees, rivers & lakes

Describe a shelter of the Southwest.

• chickees - made of straw roofs

• plank houses made of cedar without windows

• adobe houses - made of sand

• tipi - made of buffalo hide

Describe a shelter of the Northeast

• chickees - made of straw roofs

• plank houses made of cedar

• longhoues and wigwams - made of wood

• tipi - made of buffalo hide

The ______________ provided the Plain's Indians with food, clothing, shelter and almost everything they used to live.

• Elk
•  Deer
• Buffalo

What is a kind of vegetation in the Northwest Coastal Region?

• berries

• grass

• dense forests

• flowers

What kind of climate is the Southwestern Region?

• mild with heavy rainfall

• warm summers and cool winters

• harsh winters and hot summers

• dry deserts with extreme temperatures