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Native Americans Map_2012
The document fills in the blanks of different Native American cultures by geographic region. The Arctic culture lived in tundra and taiga forests, hunting and fishing with ice block or sod houses. The Great Plains culture inhabited grasslands with no trees, hunting buffalo and living in teepees. The Northwest culture experienced cold, rainy winters and cool summers in coastal forests, gathering and hunting fish, whale, deer, and berries and living in large wooden houses.
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- 1. FILL IN THEBLANKS: Northwest Culture, Northeast Woodlands Culture, Southwest Culture, Arctic, Great Plains Culture _________________________ ___________________________ Geographic Features Geographic Features • Tundra, ice covered Plateau Culture • No trees • • Geographic Features • Cold winters, gentle summers _____________________________ _________________________ Geographic Features Geographic Features • Cold winters • Cold winters, cool summers • • California Culture Southeast Culture Geographic Features Geographic Features • Rainy winters, hot dry summers • Warm, humid summers; mild winters Key: The dashed lines show the land form regions. The solid lines show the different Native American groups. Great Basin Culture _______________________________ Geographic Features • Between two mountain ranges Geographic Features • Canyons, mountains, desert • Updated 06/06/02 1
- 2. FILL IN THEBLANKS: Northwest Culture, Northeast Woodlands Culture, Southwest Culture, Arctic, Great Plains Culture ARCTIC ____GREAT PLAINS____ Geographic Features • Tundra, ice covered Taiga forests Geographic Features ECONOMY: hunters, fishers Plateau Culture • No trees, plains, rolling hills Housing: ice block or sod houses • Hot summers & cold winters Geographic Features Economy: hunting • Cold winters, gentle summers Food: buffalo Housing: teepees NORTHEAST WOODLANDS NORTHWEST Geographic Features • Cold winters, humid, temperate • forest Geographic Features Economy: farming, hunting • Cold winters, cool summers; rainy Food: maize, deer • Coastal forest Housing: longhouses Economy gathering, hunting Food: fish, whale, deer, berries Housing – large wooden houses California Culture Southeast Culture Geographic Features Geographic Features • Rainy winters, hot dry summers • Warm, humid summers; mild winters Key: The dashed lines show the land form regions. The solid lines show the different Native American groups. Great Basin Culture SOUTHWEST Geographic Features • Between two mountain ranges Geographic Features • Canyons, mountains, desert, hot and dry • Mesas with flat plains Economy: hunting, farming Food: maize Housing: adobe (sun dried clay mud) buildings either on cliff walls in in clusters called pueblos Updated 06/06/02 2