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The driest cultural region stretched from southwestern United States to northern Mexico. It was home to the nomadic Apache and Hopi tribes
What is the Southwest Region ?
This region is home to the Pomo, Shoshone, Paiute, and Miwok tribes found from the Pacific coast inland over the Sierra Nevada Mts and into the Great Basin.
What is the California Intermountain Region?
This region is located along the Pacific Coast from Alaska to California and his home to the Kwakiutl Tlingit and Chinook tribes.
What is the Northwest Coastal Region ?
Located between the Cascade and Rocky Mountains, this region included parts of the northwestern states and British Columbia. The Nez Perce, Spokane, and Yakima tribes lived here.
What is the Plateau Region ?
East of the Plateau lay a region that extends from the Rocky Mts to the Mississippi River. It stretched north to south from Canada to Texas. It was home to the Cheyenne, Pawnee, Comanche and Sioux tribes.
What is the Great Plains Region?
The Algonquin and Iroquois tribes were found to settle among the hills, mountains, valleys and seacoasts of this region. The region stretched from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean and ran from the Great Lakes to the Ohio River.
What is the Eastern Woodlands Region ?
Swamps, hot and steamy climates, tall razor-sharp grass are characteristics of this cultural region. Home to the Seminoles, Creek, Choctaw tribes
What is the Southeast Region?
This region is known for its treeless grassland with cold winters and hot summers home to many animals including, antelope, deer, bears and the prized animal the buffalo.
What is the Great Plains Region?
This region is densely covered with fir pine, and cedar forests right to the ocean’s shores
What is the Northwest Coast Region?
With plenty of water provided by the Columbia and Fraser Rivers this region was covered with forests by the mountains thick grasses, berries, or camas (lily) and inhabited by deer, bear and jack rabbits.
What is the Plateau Region ?
This Indian tribe from the Northwest Coast region made their clothing, fishing equipment and carved figures(totem poles) out of cedar poles and bark.
What are the Kwiakiutl?
Native to the California- Intermountain Region this tribe is known for their artistic crafts such as beautiful woven baskets made of grass which were decorated with shells, beads and feathers.
What are the California Pomo ?
This Southwest tribe were known for wrapping themselves in cool cotton cloth to keep cool from the extreme heat.
What are the Hopi ?
The camas root was an important “staple in this Native American tribe’s diet. They were also known for their distinctive grass woven clothing such as basket hats.
What are the Yakima ?
Warm blankets and warrior shields made from buffalo are artifacts found from this Native American tribe.
What are the Western Sioux ?
Sleeveless capes made from turkey feathers, cedar framed canoes, deer hide clothing are all artifacts from this Native American tribe
What are the Algonquin ?
This Native American tribe were able to move along shallow streams and swampy areas in their flat- bottomed canoes made from cypress trees.
What are the Seminole ?
Home built on wooden platforms three feet above ground
What is a chickee?
A dome shaped home made from materials in the region’s forests. It was covered with mats made from birch tree bark.
What is a wigwam ?
Built like apartment buildings, these homes were 4-5 stories high made from stone and adobe.
What are pueblos ?
Term that mean “ways of living”
What are cultures?
Objects made by humans are known as…
What are artifacts?
Historians call these areas where similar cultures develop…
What are cultural regions?
Groups of people who move from place to place as changes in the seasons make food available are called…
What is nomadic?
A narrow deep valley with steep sides
What are gorges?