Chapter 3: Native American Cultural Regions of the United States

Review GameREADY….GOOD LUCK!

DEFINITIONS TO KNOW…

Different ways of life of different groups of people, like shelter, language, clothing, tools,

weapons….is also called….??

cultures

What is the general name for the seven different areas where the Native Americans settled and developed different ways of life?

Cultural regions

artifacts

Old discovered objects like tools, homes, clothing, weapons that Native Americans

made to help them adapt to their environments are called??

nomadic

When groups of people move from place to place during different seasons to find food is

called…??

Chickee

What is the name of the home that the Seminole tribe built in the Southeast region?

Teepee

What is the name of the home that the Sioux tribe built in the Great Plains region?

Wigwam

What is the name of the home that the Algonquian tribe built in the Eastern

Woodlands?

a gorge

A deep valley with steep walls is called…???

a mesa

A flat topped large hill or mountain is called…??

CULTURAL REGIONS TO KNOW…

• Located between the Cascade and Rocky Mountains

• Lots of rivers• Yakima lived here• Hot summers, cold winters

Plateau region

Southwest region

• Area of Arizona and New Mexico• Deserts• Little rain, few trees and plants• Hopi lived here

Southeast region

• From Atlantic Ocean along the Gulf of Mexico to Texas

• Hot and humid• Swampy

Great Plains region

• Huge region from Canada to Texas• Grassy • Hot summers and cold winters• Buffalo were plentiful here

Northwest Coast region

• On the Northern Pacific Coast into Canada’s west coast

• Rocky beaches• Evergreen and fur trees grew here• Families lived together in long houses

California – Intermountain region

• Pacific Coast inland past the Sierra Nevada mountains into the Great Basin

• Variety of environments from desert to forest• Shellfish were a common natural resource

used• Pomo lived here

Eastern Woodlands

• Which cultural region is missing?

Algonquians lived therefrom Mississippi river to Atlantic Oceanused wigwams for sheltercapes of turkey feathersfast, light canoes made of birch bark

others???

• Tell 2 things about the Eastern Woodlands?