Great Plains Native Americans

The Great Plains Native Americans often hunted big game on horseback. Their weapon of choice was

• Shell spear
• Wooden spear
• Bow and arrow
• Lasso 

Native Americans of the Great Plains lived in

• Chickee houses
• Adobe houses
• TeePees
• Plank houses

The Great Plains Native Americans hunted big game like buffalo (bison) only for food and threw out the remains such as bones, horns and fur

• True
• False

As semi-nomadic people, the Native Americans of the Great Plains followed this big game as they hunted them for food

• Moose

• Wolf

• Bear

• Buffalo

The Great Plains region used whales for food, tools, etc.

• True
• False

Plains people used a ___________ to carry the meat and skins back to camp.

• wagon

• buggy

• travois

• mini-van

Some Plains groups stayed in one place and lived in large homes made of logs covered with grasses, sticks, and soil. What were these homes called?

• Lodge

• Pueblos

• Travois

• Kiva

This is home was common among Native Americans from what region?

• The Great Plains
• The Southwest
• The Pacific Northwest
• The Eastern Woodlands

What is a travois?

• A sled pulled by dogs or horses in the South West.
• Food the South West ate
• Spirits
• The homes the South West lived in

The Plains region were travelers who moved from place to place. What vocabulary term would they fall under?

• Nomads
• Wigwams
• Totem Poles
• Game