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Eastern Woodlands

Plains Southwest Northwest Arctic

Name the types of dwellings used by Eastern Woodlands

Indians.

lodges and wigwams

What are staple foods for Eastern Woodland Indians?

deer, corn, beans, and squash

What is wampum and how is it used?

Wampum is beads made out of shells used as money for Eastern Woodlands Indians.

What two cultural groups make up the Eastern Woodlands Indians?

Iroquois and Algonquian

What is the League of Nations?

A confederation of 5 Iroquois tribes who send

representatives to the Grand Council to make decisions

and keep peace.

Name the type of dwellings used by Plains Indians.

tepees

What was the staple resource for the Plains Indians?

buffalo

What is a travois and how is it used by the Plains Indians?

A travois is a carrier made of wooden poles and animal

skin that is attached to a dog or horse. It was used by the Plains Indians to carry their belongings long distances.

What natural resource is scarce on the Plains?

wood

How did Plains Indians govern themselves?

The Plains Indians had a council of chiefs to make

important decisions.

Name the types of dwellings used by the Southwest

Indians.

Pueblos, adobe, and hogans

What were staple crops for Southwest Indians?

corn and cotton

What are kachina dolls?

Kachina dolls are wooden dolls used by Hopi children to

learn values.

What type of life did the Shoshone lead and why?

The Shoshone lead a nomadic life because they

spent half of the year in the Great Basin and half of the

year hunting buffalo in Wyoming.

What kind of life did the Chumash have and why?

The Chumash fished for salmon because they lived

near the Pacific Ocean.

Name the type of dwelling used by Northwest Coast

Indians.

very large longhouses for all members of the clan

What were staple resources for the Northwest Coast

Indians?

salmon, trees, and whales

What was The Dalles and why was it important to the Northwest Coast Indians?

The Dalles was a center for trade. The Chinook Indians

controlled the Columbia river up to The Dalles. Other Native American tribes

gathered at The Dalles to barter and trade.

Why were the Chinook so successful at trading at The

Dalles?

The Chinook came up with a language that all Native

American tribes could use to make bartering and trading

easier.

What is a potlatch?

Potlatch means “to give”. The Northwest Coast Indians

were rich with natural resources. They held a

celebration, danced, ate, and gave speeches to celebrate their good fortune and hard

work.

What type of dwelling did the Arctic Indians have?

igloos

What were the staple resources for the Arctic

Indians?

fox, caribou, polar bear, seals, walrus, whales

What two main cultural groups made up the Arctic

Indians?

The Inuit and The Aleut

What did the Arctic tribes use to hunt whales and other sea

life?

harpoons and kayaks

What was life like for the Inuit and Aleut tribes?

The Inuit and Aleut had to live together in clans of 60-

300 people because food was scarce and resources needed

to be shared.

Final Jeopardy

Why is the Olmec culture considered the “Mother

Culture” of the Americas?

The Olmec civilization was the first to create a trade system, a system of writing, a system of

counting, and a 365-day calendar.

Later civilizations “borrowed” these ideas and used them to

create their own.