NA Cultures and People

Most early North American cultures believed that spirits lived in

• plants

• animals

• the sun

• all of the above

What early North American people lived east of the Mississippi River?

• Arctic

• Southwestern

• Eastern Woodland

• Northwestern Coast

What was the most important resource for the Eastern Woodland people?

• copper

• gold and silver

• mud bricks

• hardwood trees

What early North American people lived in the central part of North America?

• Eastern Woodland

• Plains

• Southwest Desert

• Arctic

What were round wooden shelters that some early Eastern Woodland people built?

• teepees

• longhouses

• wigwams

• pueblos

Besides dwellings, what other things did the Eastern Woodland people make from wood?

• canoes

• clubs

• bows and arrows

• copper tools

What other things did the Eastern Woodlands get from trees?

• oranges

• sap

• nuts

• potatoes

The early Plains people lived in villages _________.

• near streams

• under cliffs

• in the tundra

• next to rivers

What benefit was it to the Plains people to have rich soil along the banks of rivers and streams?

• many squirrels live there

• lots of insects

• good for growing crops

• no snakes

In the summer, the Plains people left their villages and led a ________ life.

(fill in the blamk)

• bison

• nomadic

• whale hunting

• all of the above