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Chapter 2 Social Studies Study Guide
Test Date: Tuesday 10-18-11
1. The Inuit:
a. Settled in the arctic regions of Greenland,
Alaska, Canada, & northeastern Russia.
b. The climate was cold and snowy.
c. They ate seals, walruses, & whales.
d. They lived in igloos and animal skin tents.
The Pacific Northwest
2. The Kwakiutl:
a. Settled near Vancouver Island what is now
British Columbia and in Washington and
Northern California. (Pacific Northwest)
b. Water and trees (wood) were their main
resources.
c. They held potlatches.
3. The Nez Perce:
a. They lived on the plateau.
b. They settled in Idaho, Oregon, and
Washington.
c. Nez Perce means “pierced nose”.
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d. Salmon was their main food. They also hunted
deer and gathered berries and roots.
e. They lived in Teepee.
The Southwest
1. The Hopi:
a. They settled in the Southwest in Arizona.
b. They grew squash and beans but corn was
their main staple (crop).
c. They lived in Pueblos. Their houses were
made out of stone and adobe; which is sun
dried brick.
d. They were the 1st people to fire clay pottery.
e. They did the Bean Dance (a religious
celebration to ask/pray for a good harvest).
The Plains People
1. The Pawnee:
a. Lived on the Eastern Plains.
b. They were farmers and lived in Lodges.
c. They grew corn, squash, beans, and hunted
buffalo.
d. The Pawnee used buffalo-skin teepees.
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2. The western plains didn’t receive much rain.
The people were nomads. They carried their
belongings in travois and followed the buffalo.
The People of the East
a. The Seminoles lived in the southeast in Florida.
b. They hunted and fished.
c. They lived in simple houses with thatched roofs
called roundhouses.
d. They wore thin clothing made of grass and thin
material.