What is the meaning of the word 'staple'?

What is the meaning of the word 'surplus'?

What is the meaning of the word 'adobe'?

What is the meaning of the word 'hogan'?

What is the meaning of the term 'trade network'?

The desert Southwest, with its mesas, canyons, and cliffs, was a hard place to live. What are some landforms found in the Southwest?

Intense summer heat was followed by bitter winter cold, and weeks could pass without ______ or ______.

The Native Americans who were able to adapt to this dry land were the ______ and the ______.

The Hopi lived in what is now ______, and the Zuni lived in what is now ______. (Fill in the blanks)

The Hopi and Zuni became known as the Pueblo peoples.

Like their ancestors, the Ancient Puebloans, the Hopi and Zuni built ______ on mesas or on the sides of steep canyons.

Even in the dry environment, the Pueblo people grew their main or staple foods of corn, beans, and squash. Which of the following was NOT a staple food grown by the Pueblo people?

Even in the dry environment, the Pueblo people learned to collect water and store a ______ of food.

Even in the dry environment, the Pueblo people also grew cotton, which they used to make ______ and clothing.

The Navajo moved into the Southwest around A.D. 1025. True or False: The Navajo had always been farmers before moving to the Southwest.

During a time of drought, some Hopi people went to live with the ______. (Fill in the blank)

What material did the Hopi and Zuni use to build their homes?

What are sun-dried bricks made of clay and straw called?

The Navajo built homes called _______.

These cone-shaped shelters were made by covering a wooden frame with ______ or adobe.

Pueblo and Navajo tribes depended on ______ for resources not found nearby.

Pueblo and Navajo tribes traded pottery and baskets with other tribes.

Both the Pueblo and the Navajo honored their gods in special ceremonies. Who led the Navajo ceremonies?

The Navajo ceremonies involved memorizing and singing songs or chants believed to have ________ powers.

Religion was also important in the Pueblo government.

The Pueblo chief was also a ________ leader who made rules and carried out punishments.

The Navajo were organized into groups, each with its own ________ leader.

For hundreds of years, Hopi children have received little wooden ______ dolls.

What are kachina dolls used for?

Each kachina doll teaches important values such as ______, discipline, and respect.

Two important values that kachina dolls teach Hopi children are:

Which Native American groups lived among the mountains, deserts, valleys, and forests stretching from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean?

The Shoshone lived in the _________

What did the Shoshone use to build shelters?

The Shoshone hunted buffalo in the mountains of present-day Wyoming.

Where did the Nez Perce live?

What did the Nez Perce catch from rivers and streams?

What tools did the Nez Perce use to catch salmon?

Where did the Chumash live?

The Chumash built ______-shaped shelters covered with tule reeds.

The Chumash were expert ______ and canoe builders.

According to the passage 'Trading for Needed Goods', which regions did Native Americans depend on nearby natural resources?

According to the passage 'Trading for Needed Goods', what did Native Americans form to get goods they could not make or find?

According to the passage 'Trading for Needed Goods', trading helped which of the following spread over long distances?

The geography and climate of the Southwest and the West affected Native Americans there by:

Some Hopi people lived with the Navajo because of which event?

Location affected the types of shelters built by people of the Southwest and the West in which way?