Life in the Americas

In North America, groups of communities where people had the same customs and government were called?

• tribes

• villages

• districts

• states

How did Indigenous peoples meet their wants and needs?

• Through hard work.

• By taking what they wanted.

• By building and planning

• By trade and communication.

What did the Eastern Woodlands tribes use for clothes?

• woven fibers

• cotton

• hides or skins

• leaves or wood fibers

When hunting tribes of the Northeast or Eastern Woodlands lived in?

• igloos

• tepees

• wigwams

• longhouses

What shelters did the tribes in the West use that were easy to move?

• Wigwams

• Hogans

• Cabins

• Wickiups

What did the tribes of the West engage in?

• dances and ceremonies

• trade with one another

• hunting with one another

• fishing with one another

What is it called when clay, straw, and water are mixed and baked into hard bricks?

• adobe

• cinderblock

• sod

• wigwams

To help crops grow, what did the Southwest tribes do?

• They fertilized crops.

• They plowed farmland.

• They used new tools.

• They irrigated farmland.

What were the plains of North America ideal for?

• Hunting seals, salmon and whales.

• Farming and hunting animals that graze for food

• Hunting alligators and animals that live in the wetlands.

What was the main source of food and materials for the Midwest tribes?

• Bison

• Elk

• Deer

• Bear