Mound Builders & Great Plains Native Americans

What played a large role for each of the Native American

groups while building their homes?

Hint: think of the land

• The natural resources, landscape and climate of that region in

  North America

• The weather conditions

• The availability of only water

• Only the types of animals in the area

What is agriculture?

• Studying artifacts

• Adapting

• Farming and growing crops for survival

• Moving from place to place

The Great Serpent Mound was built to celebrate which animal spirit?

Hint: look at the picture.

• Bunny Rabbit

• Polar Bear

• Snake

• Woolly Mammoth

What is the name of the largest Mound Builders mound?

Note: we will watch a video in class…

• Cahokia

• Tikal

• The Great Serpent

• Tenochtitlan

What type of homes did the Mound Builders construct?

• Adobe clay houses

• Lodges with grass, sticks, and dirt

• Homes made from mud/stone on sides of cliffs

• Mounds

What typcial shapes did the Mound Builders create out of their mounds?

• Squares and triangles

• Animals and symbols

• Stars and circles

• Letters and numbers

How long did it take to build mounds

• Days
• Weeks
• A year
• Hundreds of Years

Which group lived in the green part of North America?

• Mound Builders
• Aztecs
• Inuit
• Maya

Where did the Mound Builders live in North America?

• Eastern Woodland

  (Land and forests)

• Arctic

• Southwest desert

• Great Plains

  flatlands

What were the Mound Builders known for as being the first American Indian group to do this in the United States?

• Inventing Thanksgiving

• Creating A Sundial

• Building Mounds

• None of the Above