Social Studies Ch. 2
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Eastern Woodlands
Plains Southwest Northwest Arctic
Name the types of dwellings used by Eastern Woodlands
Indians.
lodges and wigwams
What are staple foods for Eastern Woodland Indians?
deer, corn, beans, and squash
What is wampum and how is it used?
Wampum is beads made out of shells used as money for Eastern Woodlands Indians.
What two cultural groups make up the Eastern Woodlands Indians?
Iroquois and Algonquian
What is the League of Nations?
A confederation of 5 Iroquois tribes who send
representatives to the Grand Council to make decisions
and keep peace.
Name the type of dwellings used by Plains Indians.
tepees
What was the staple resource for the Plains Indians?
buffalo
What is a travois and how is it used by the Plains Indians?
A travois is a carrier made of wooden poles and animal
skin that is attached to a dog or horse. It was used by the Plains Indians to carry their belongings long distances.
What natural resource is scarce on the Plains?
wood
How did Plains Indians govern themselves?
The Plains Indians had a council of chiefs to make
important decisions.
Name the types of dwellings used by the Southwest
Indians.
Pueblos, adobe, and hogans
What were staple crops for Southwest Indians?
corn and cotton
What are kachina dolls?
Kachina dolls are wooden dolls used by Hopi children to
learn values.
What type of life did the Shoshone lead and why?
The Shoshone lead a nomadic life because they
spent half of the year in the Great Basin and half of the
year hunting buffalo in Wyoming.
What kind of life did the Chumash have and why?
The Chumash fished for salmon because they lived
near the Pacific Ocean.
Name the type of dwelling used by Northwest Coast
Indians.
very large longhouses for all members of the clan
What were staple resources for the Northwest Coast
Indians?
salmon, trees, and whales
What was The Dalles and why was it important to the Northwest Coast Indians?
The Dalles was a center for trade. The Chinook Indians
controlled the Columbia river up to The Dalles. Other Native American tribes
gathered at The Dalles to barter and trade.
Why were the Chinook so successful at trading at The
Dalles?
The Chinook came up with a language that all Native
American tribes could use to make bartering and trading
easier.
What is a potlatch?
Potlatch means “to give”. The Northwest Coast Indians
were rich with natural resources. They held a
celebration, danced, ate, and gave speeches to celebrate their good fortune and hard
work.
What type of dwelling did the Arctic Indians have?
igloos
What were the staple resources for the Arctic
Indians?
fox, caribou, polar bear, seals, walrus, whales
What two main cultural groups made up the Arctic
Indians?
The Inuit and The Aleut
What did the Arctic tribes use to hunt whales and other sea
life?
harpoons and kayaks
What was life like for the Inuit and Aleut tribes?
The Inuit and Aleut had to live together in clans of 60-
300 people because food was scarce and resources needed
to be shared.
Final Jeopardy
Why is the Olmec culture considered the “Mother
Culture” of the Americas?
The Olmec civilization was the first to create a trade system, a system of writing, a system of
counting, and a 365-day calendar.
Later civilizations “borrowed” these ideas and used them to
create their own.
