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of the
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Mississippi
Native
American
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Where did
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This is the region where you could
find the oldest mountains in North
America.
What is the Appalachian Highlands?
A region characterized by Low lying
coastal areas along the Atlantic
Ocean.
What is the Coastal Plain
Horseshoe shaped region containing
lakes carved by glaciers, and some
of oldest rock.
What is the Canadian Shield?
This region is characterized by low
land and many rivers.
What is the Interior Lowlands?
This picture shows the eroded and
weathered mountains of this region.
What is the Appalachian Highlands?
Death valley is found in this region.
What is Basin and Range?
This is a large area of relatively flat
land that gradually increases in
elevation towards the west.
What is the Great Plains?
The beaches of this region are very
different from the beaches of the
Coastal Plain.
What is the Coastal Range?
Lewis and Clark primarily explored
the Great plains and this other region
containing the continental divide.
What is the Rocky Mountain
Region?
Two of the three regions that border
The Great lakes.
What are The Canadian Shield, the
Interior Lowlands, and The
Appalachian Highlands.
These Native Americans lived in
moveable houses called teepees.
Who are the Sioux?
Famous for large wooden buildings
called longhouses and for carvings
called totem poles, these native
Americans excelled at using what
nature provided to increase their
ability to live.
Who were the Kwakiutl?
These Native Americans could not
depend on wood because of the
limited trees found in their climate
and therefore were forced to use
snow and ice for building homes.
Who were the Inuit?
These advanced native Americans
adapted to living conditions by
building multi-leveled or terraced
homes.
Who are the Pueblo?
These Native Americans used the
trees and materials that the forests
provided them with to build
longhouses, and wigwams.
Who were the Iroquois?
These Native Americans lived in
the areas of present day Alaska and
Northern Canada.
Who were the Inuit?
These Native Americans lived in
the region of North America known
as the great plains.
Who were the Lakota
These Native Americans lived in
the areas of the United States that
are now Arizona and New Mexico.
Who were the Pueblo?
These Native Americans occupied
both the coastal plain and the
Appalachian highlands.
Who were the Iroquois?
These Native Americans lived in the
mild and rainy climate of the Pacific
Northwest.
Who were the Kwakiutl?
This is the longest river in North
America.
What is the Mississippi?
Herds of this wild Plains animal
used to roam the United states from
coast to coast. Now, wild herds are
limited to Northern areas of the
interior regions of North America.
What are Buffalo or Bison
Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and
Superior. Inland port cities grew
along these.
What are the Great Lakes?
It is the gateway to the west.
What is the Ohio River
This “Big River” is the river that is
the furthest south in the continental
United States. Forms the border
with the U.S. and Mexico.
What is the Rio Grande?
FINAL JEOPARDY
This major river provided food, and
transportation for the Native American group
pictured here.