Southwest/West Native American Region

This object was used in religious ceremonies to instruct children in the ways of Hopi tradition and belief.

• Hopi stones
• Woven baskets
• Kachina dolls
• Clay pots

Why was the trade network important for tribes?

• Gave access to resources they didn't have.

• Allowed them to make new friends.

• Allowed them to make more money.

• Gave people a chance to travel the area.

The people of the Southwest made beautiful baskets to store food and other supplies.

• True

• False

Why were Kachina dolls used in the Southwest? 

• educate children 
• scare children
• entertain children
• play with

Where in the present-day US is the original Navajo homeland?

• the Southeast

• the Southwest

• the Northeast

• the Northwest

Kivas were underground places used for ceremonies.

• True

• False

Which phrase best describes Pueblo peoples such as the Hopi and the Zuni?

• farmers who remained in one place and grew crops

• gatherers who roamed the desert in search of edible plants

• hunters who moved from place to place in pursuit of game animals

• craftspeople who traveled all over the Southwest to sell their goods

To adjust a way of life to a new land or space

• surplus

• adobe

• scarcity

• adapt

The Navajo built these cone shaped shelters out of wooden poles and mud or adobe.

• Hogans

• wigwams

• teepees

• Pueblos

Southwest Native American lived in Arizona, New Mexico,and parts of 

• Colorado
• South Carolina
• New York
• Africa