Native American Study Guide
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What is culture?
What are the different aspects of culture?
How do historians believe that the Native Americans came to America?
Why would they migrate to North America?
How did Native Americans view nature?
What is a region?
Why were there so many geographic regions in the United States?
Why were the Native American groups different?
What are the different geographic regions?
Native American Study Guide
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
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9.
What is culture?
What are the different aspects of culture?
How do historians believe that the Native Americans came to America?
Why would they migrate to North America?
How did Native Americans view nature?
What is a region?
Why were there so many geographic regions in the United States?
Why were the Native American groups different?
What are the different geographic regions?
Native American Study Guide
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
What is culture?
What are the different aspects of culture?
How do historians believe that the Native Americans came to America?
Why would they migrate to North America?
How did Native Americans view nature?
What is a region?
Why were there so many geographic regions in the United States?
Why were the Native American groups different?
What are the different geographic regions?
Native American Study Guide Answer Key
1. What is culture?
a. A way of life for a group of people that share similar beliefs and
customs.
2. What are the different aspects of culture?
a. Language, religion, food, clothing, recreation, values
3. How do historians believe that the Native Americans came to America?
a. They crossed the land bridge known as Beringa
4. Why would they migrate to North America?
a. They were nomadic and they followed the animals herds
5. How did Native Americans view nature?
a. They respected it.
b. Believed everyone & everything in nature was related & equal.
c. Took only what they needed from their environment in order to keep
harmony in nature.
6. What is a region?
a. Is an area with common characteristics, such as mountains ranges,
climate, vegetation, language, culture, food, etc.
7. Why were there so many geographic regions in the United States?
a. There were so many different environments
8. Why were the Native American groups different?
a. There were so many different environments. Each group had to adapt
different ways.
9. What are the different geographic regions?
a. Northwest Coast
b. California
c. Plateau
d. Great Basin
e. Southwest
f. Great Plains
g. Eastern Woodlands
h. Southeast