KWAKIUTLNOOTKA

CHINOOK

KATO

CHUMASH

SHOSHONE

PAIUTE

NEZ PERCE BLACKFOOT

CROW

CHEYENNE

NAVAJOHOPI

UTE

ZUNI

JUMANO

HUICHOL

AZTEC

MAYA

KIOWA-APACHE

PUEBLO

MESCALEROAPACHE COMANCHE

KIOWA

ARAPAHO PAWNEE

KANSA

IOWA

OSAGE

SEMINOLE

HITCHITI

TAINO

TUSCARORA

SHAWNEE

MIAMI

ILLINOIS

POWHATAN

SUSQUEHANNOCKDELAWARE

NARRAGANSETTPEQUOTWAMPANOAG

HURON

ALGONQUINOTTAWA

CREE

POTAWATOMI

SAUK

OJIBWA(Chippewa)

MANDAN

ARIKARA

DAKOTA(Sioux)

CHOCTAW

CHICKASAWCHEROKEE

PIMA

KASHAYAPOMO

MONACAN

Gulf ofMexico

ATLANTICOCEAN

PACIFIC OCEAN

30°N

40°N

20°N

0°

Tropic of Cancer

N

S

EW

Subarctic

Northwest Coast

California

Plateau

Plains

Eastern Woodlands

Southeastern

Southwest

Great Basin

Mesoamerican

Caribbean

Major trade routes

0

0 250 500 kilometers

250 500 miles

North American Cultures in the 1400s

Tepees could be quicklydismantled and were wellsuited to the nomadiclifestyle of the Plains.

A longhouse of the EasternWoodlands region

Pueblos, built of sun-dried brick,or adobe, were characteristicdwellings of the Southwest. Native American Trade

GEOGRAPHY SKILLBUILDER1. Region What does this map reveal about North America

in the 1400s?2. Location Why do you think some regions had more trade

routes than others?

Before the arrival of Columbus, the trade routes of North Americaallowed goods to travel across the continent.

Group and Region Goods TradedAlgonquin of the Eastern Woodlands colored feathers, copper

Apaches of the Plains meat, hides, salt

Navajo of the Southwest pottery, blankets, crops

Kwakiutl of the Northwest Coast fish oil

Ute of the Great Basin hides, buffalo robes

Choctaw of the Southeast deerskins, bear oil

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