Native Americans

The Southwest Native Americans lived in the desert. What were the houses of the Southwest called?

• longhouses

• tepees

• wigwams

• pueblos

Which of following is one way these Native Americans adapted to their environment?

• Trading for what they need

• They used irrigation systems to collect and store water so they would be able to farm

• They stored food in containers

• They traveled long distances for wood

The Southwest cultural region's climate is best described as:

• Cool summers, mild winters

• Hot and dry most of the year with little to no rainfall

• 4 seasons

• Tundra

How did the Southwest Native Americans use clay pots other than for art?

• To collect and store water

• As musical instruments during religious cermemonies

• Cooking

• Clay pots were only used for art

Which of the following are names of Native American tribes? Choose all the correct answers.

• • Seminole

• • Apache

• • Cherokee

• • Navajo

• • Raiders

American Indian peoples who lived in present-day New Mexico and Arizona and built permanent multi-story adobe dwellings.

• Pueblo

• Chinook

• Algonquin

• Iroquois

The massacre where U.S. troops killed over 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho people, mostly women and childre, in 1864 is known as

• Wounded Knee Massacre

• Sand Creek Massacre

• Battle of Little Big Horn

• Trail of Tears

Another word for "indigenous" is (a)  

This tribe fished with nets in its many streams.

• Mayan

• Aztec

• Inca

• Iroquois

North American Native American tribes

• displayed a uniformity of lifestyle

• modeled themselves after tribes from Central America and Mexico

• were greatly varied in lifestyle and economic systems

• formed alliances on numerous occasions to fight competing tribes