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The First Americans
Review for the First Americans
| Question | Answer | Chapter/Section |
|---|---|---|
| How did the Southwest people build houses? | Mesa people lacked trees for building, so instead they used adobe bricks to build homes. | 1.9 American Indians of the Southwest |
| How did the Southwest people get food in their dry environment? | Southwest people grew corn, squash, and beans. They planted near naturally flooded areas like streambeds. | 1.9 American Indians of the Southwest |
| What was the main resource for the Great Plains Indians? | Buffaloes were hunted, and used nearly every part of the animal for their survival. | 1.10 American Indians of the Great Plains |
| What did the Great Plains Indians use the buffalo parts for? | Buffalo meat was used for food, the sinew, hair and tendons made bows, and the bones made tools, and the hides were made into shields and clothing.2 | 1.10 American Indians of the Great Plains |
| What increased the speed of buffalo hunting? | Horses, from when the Spaniards arrived, helped hunt buffalo much faster | 1.10 American Indians of the Great Plains |
| What were the two main language groups in the Eastern Woodlands? | The main language groups in the Eastern Woodlands were Algonquain and Iroquios. | 1.11 American Indians of the Eastern Woodlands |
| How did the Eastern Woodland Indians use the forests to their advantage? | Hunters used the forest to their advantage, by hunting, boiling syrup from maple trees, and building houses from logs. | 1.11 American Indians of the Eastern Woodlands |
| What did the women do for the Eastern Woodland Indians? | Women were farmers, who grew corn and squash, and made clothes. | 1.11 American Indians of the Eastern Woodlands |
| What were the large earthen mounds used for? | The large mounds were burial sites, and later became temples | 1.12 American Indians of the Southeast |
| Why was farming easy for the American Indians of the Southwest? | The weather was warm and humid, with mild winters, so farming was very easy. | 1.12 American Indians of the Southeast |
| What were the tools used by the Southeast Indians? | Women used hoes made out of many different resources, and men hunted with blowguns and bows. | 1.12 American Indians of the Southeast |
| Where, in present-day states, was the Southwest region located? | The Southwest cultural region includes present-day Arizona, New Mexico, southern Utah and Colorado, and portions of Texas, Oklahoma, and California | 1.9 American Indians of the Southwest |
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