Native American Practice

This area has a hot, humid summer and a very cold winter. There are mountains, coastal plains, and rolling hills in this area. The main resource is trees – such as birch and maple. They use these trees to make their longhouses and wigwams. The people here farm and fish, but they also hunted deer as a main food source.

• Northwest Coast

• Desert Southwest

• Plains

• Southeast

• Eastern Woodlands

This area is cold most of the year, has mountains and plateaus for landforms. In the area the main source of resources is the cedar tree. It is used to make houses, totem poles, and clothing. This area is also rich in fish, such as Salmon.

• Northwest Coast

• Desert Southwest

• Plains

• Southeast

• Eastern Woodlands

This area is humid and subtropical. The area is mainly flat lands with a few rolling hills and covered in high grasses. During the time of Native Americans, it was roamed by large bison and buffalo.

• Northwest Coast

• Desert Southwest

• Plains

• Eastern Woodlands

• Southeast

This area has a hot, rainy summer and a mild rainy winter. It is covered in flatland called the coastal plain. In this area they did a lot of farming and fishing. The area is very swampy, so they built their houses off the ground.

• Northwest Coast

• Desert Southwest

• Plains

• Eastern Woodlands

• Southeast

This area is hot and dry during the day and cold at night. The area has plateaus and flat dry land. There is very little rainfall and few plants that naturally grow here. The people who lived here built their houses high up in cliffs, or used mud and clay to make their pueblos.

• Northwest Coast

• Desert Southwest

• Plains

• Eastern Woodlands

• Southeast

Match the following:

• Tepee (Tipi)

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• Hogan

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• Chickee

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• Wigwam

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Match the following

• Cedar Plank House

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• Pueblo

• 
• Long House

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Organize these Tribes into the right region:

Groups:

(a) Northwest Coast

,

(b) Plains

,

(c) Southwest

• Sioux

• Makah

• Pueblo

• Tl'ingit

• Apache

• Cheyenne

• Blackfoot

• Crow

• Zuni

• Haida

• Chinook

• Navajo

Organize these tribes into the right regions

Groups:

(a) Eastern Woodlands

,

(b) Southeast

• Cherokee

• Choctaw

• Abenaki

• Powhatan

• Wampanoag

• Haudenosaunee

• Seminole

• Catawaba

Organize these resources into the right regions

Groups:

(a) Northwest Coast

,

(b) Plains

,

(c) Southeast

• Grasses

• Salmon

• Alligators

• Cedar Trees

• Black Bear

• Buffalo

• Whale