Native American Study Guide Answers
Climate-An Area’s long term, average, weather conditions.
Adapt-To take available resources and make an area suitable
Culture-People’s way of life.
Artifact-Man made objects we use to learn about the people that made them
Irrigation-The process of bringing water to an area for the purpose of watering soil.
Aqueduct-The artificial channels or ditches that bring water to an area during the process of Irrigation.
1.It is believed that the first Native Americans walked across a land bridge that connected Asia and North America during an
Ice Age 30,000 years ago.
2.Native Americans of the Northwest coast used methods of hunting and fishing to get the majority of their food.
3.The Great Basin was a hot dry desert area. The natives of this region spent most of their time searching for food and water.
4.Natives of the Southwest built multistoried homes called pueblos. The pueblos were constructed of a brick like substance called adobe.
5.The American Buffalo were a big part of the Great Plains culture. The buffalo roamed on the open plains and provided the natives with many different products.

6.In many ways Iroquois women were the head of the household. One responsibility the women had was to plant, tend to, and harvest the crops.
7.Native Americans of the southeast built towns clustered around large earthly mounds.
8.The Northwest Coast used the plentiful trees to carve out totem poles for religious and ceremonial purposes.
9.The Great Plains region contained large Buffalo herds, dense grasses, and open grasslands.
10.The Eastern Woodlands contained the Great Lakes.
11.Superior, Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie
12.The climate of the Southwest was a desert climate. Hot and dry conditions made it difficult for vegetation to grow, and for agricultural crops to survive.
13.Natives of the woodlands were hunter-gathers, as well as, being expert farmers.
14.Farming allowed for Native Americans to permanently settle in an area and to specialize in other types of jobs.
15.Horses helped make Natives of the Great Plains more mobile. They were more efficient hunters, and could cover more distance in the open plains.
16.Specialize-Concentrate or focus on a specific skill or job.

17. The Anasazi were cliff dwellers. Building their adobe homes in the side of cliffs or caves.
18.Aztec-Mexico Maya-Mexico and Central America
Inca-South America
19.Northwest Coast-Men cut down tall living trees to build homes out of; Women used tree bark to make baskets.
California Region-Wove thick mats of reeds for shelter in marshy areas, and made fish baskets out of available plant materials.
Southwest-Natives built well-insulated pueblos out of available adobe materials, and men dug irrigation ditches to carry water to their crops.
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Aztec-Sun Stone and causeways (Bridges)
Maya-365 day calendar, astronomy, and a system of numbers
Inca-10,000 mile road system, Stone calculator-Predict weather and accurate astronomy