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Compare the housing of the Pueblo and Great Plains tribes.
Pueblo: cliff dwellings; Great Plains: teepees. Reflecting different environments and lifestyles.
Compare the food sources of the Northwest Coast and Great Plains tribes.
Northwest Coast: whales and salmon; Great Plains: bison. Reflecting different environments.
Compare the lifestyles of the Southwest and Great Basin tribes.
Southwest: settled agriculture; Great Basin: nomadic hunting and gathering. Reflecting different resource availability.
Compare the climate of the Arctic & Subarctic and the Southwest.
Arctic & Subarctic: Very cold, icy climate; Southwest: Arid, desert climate.
Compare the food source of the Northeast and the Southeast.
Northeast: Deer; corn, beans, squash, tobacco. Southeast: Tobacco, squash, melons, cabbage, peas, and corn.
Compare the clothing of the Great Basin and the Great Plains.
Great Basin: Women wore strips of bark, sandals, and fur. Great Plains: Bison fur.
Compare the present day location of the Arctic & Subarctic and the Southwest.
Arctic & Subarctic: Canada and Greenland. Southwest: Mexico, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Colorado.
Compare the present day location of the Plateau and the Northeast.
Plateau: Oregon, California, Idaho, and Canada. Northeast: Stretched from New England to the Gulf of Mexico.
Compare the present day location of the Northwest Coast & CA and the Southeast.
Northwest Coast & CA: Canada, California, Washington, and Oregon. Southeast: Texas to West Virginia, down to Florida.
Compare the present day location of the Great Basin and the Great Plains.
Great Basin: Nevada, California, Arizona, Utah, Idaho, Oregon. Great Plains: Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, from Canada to Texas.
Who were the Pueblo people?
Native American tribes of the Southwest known for their cliff dwellings and advanced irrigation systems.
Who were the Sioux?
A nomadic tribe of the Great Plains, known for hunting bison and living in teepees.
Who were the Chinook?
A tribe of the Northwest Coast, known for their ocean-based communities and hunting of whales and salmon.
Who were the Apache?
A Native American tribe of the Southwest, known for their adaptation to the arid environment and maize cultivation.
Who were the Navajo?
A Native American tribe of the Southwest, known for their adaptation to the arid environment and maize cultivation.
Who were the Tlingit?
A tribe of the Northwest Coast, known for their ocean-based communities and hunting of whales and salmon.
Who were the Coos?
A tribe of the Northwest Coast, known for their ocean-based communities and hunting of whales and salmon.
Who were the Chumash?
A tribe of the Northwest Coast, known for their ocean-based communities and hunting of whales and salmon.
Who were the Shoshone?
A tribe of the Great Basin, known for their adaptation to the arid environment and hunting of rabbits, snakes, birds, nuts, and insects.
Who were the Cheyenne?
A nomadic tribe of the Great Plains, known for hunting bison and living in teepees.
What was the primary cause of nomadic lifestyles on the Great Plains?
Arid conditions and the abundance of bison led to mobile hunting practices.
What was the effect of maize cultivation in the Southwest?
Permanent settlements, irrigation systems, and social diversification.
What was the effect of ocean resources on Northwest Coast tribes?
Development of ocean-based communities focused on hunting whales and salmon.
What was the cause of cliff dwellings in the Southwest?
A need for housing and defense in the mountainous terrain.
What was the effect of a lack of trees in the Great Basin?
Cone-shaped huts built with wooden poles, covered with dried grasses and brush.
What was the effect of the abundance of forests in the Northeast?
Used forests to make tools, homes, fuel, and food.
What was the effect of the abundance of bison on the Great Plains?
Bison fur was used for clothing and dogs were used to carry supplies.
What was the effect of the abundance of salmon on the Plateau?
Salmon (fish) was the primary food source.
What was the effect of the abundance of tobacco, squash, melons, cabbage, peas, and corn on the Southeast?
A sedentary lifestyle and the development of reed and bark huts.
What was the effect of the abundance of deer on the Northeast?
Deer was the primary food source.