Newspaper week 15: Native Tribes of North America

What is the name for this larger, more permanent home?

• Adobe building
• Tepee
• Hogan
• Longhouse
• Wigwam/wickiup

What is the name for this shelter with a wooden frame covered with woven leaves and brush?

• Adobe building
• Tepee
• Hogan
• Longhouse
• Wigwam/wickiup

What is the name for this home made from wood and packed dirt in dry regions?

• Adobe building
• Tepee
• Hogan
• Longhouse
• Wigwam/wickiup

What is the name for this home that was easily carried from placed to place and made of bison hides stretched over wooden poles?

• Adobe building
• Tepee
• Hogan
• Longhouse
• Wigwam/wickiup

What is the name for this home build out of straw, water, and dried clay?

• Adobe building
• Tepee
• Hogan
• Longhouse
• Wigwam/wickiup

TRUE or FALSE Tribes from ALL regions shared similar culture and they were NOT diverse or different.

• True
• False

The ________________region was also called the Eastern Woodlands.

• Southwest
• Midwest
• Northeast
• Arctic

What does NOT describe the Arctic tribes?

• They grew a variety of crops.
• They used animal pelts for clothing.
• They traveled great distances to hunt.
• They hunted seals, caribou, and whales.

Complete the effect statement below. CAUSE: Herds of Bison were the main source of food for Midwest tribes. EFFECT: _______________________________________

• They stayed close to the coast so they could fish.
• They built large earthen mounds for ceremonies.
• They spent much of their time farming and irrigating.
• They lived in tepees because they were easy to move.

How did tribes living in the desert areas grow crops?

• They used fertilizers.
• They irrigated the land.
• They invented the plow.
• They planted near lakes.