Comparing Ancient Egypt, China, Eastern Woodlands Indians, Plains Indians and Southwest Indians
Important Vocabulary:
Climate: the kind of weather an area has over a long period of time
Land: the shape of the land’s surface
Environment: surroundings
Eastern Woodlands
(Powhatan)
Plains
Southwest
(Lakota)
hot summers, harsh, cold
winters
(Pueblo)
hot days, cold nights, little
rainfall
Climate
mild winters hot, humid
summers
plains, prairies, rolling hills
high flatlands
Land
rivers, hills, mountains,
coastland
farmed, fished, hunted, used
trees for homes and canoes,
gathered plants
moved around region to hunt
buffalo, used horses for
transport.
farmed, lived in villages in
adobe (clay) houses
Human
Adaptations
January, 2004
2nd Grade