Native American Jeopardy ClimateOccupation and Transportation Land and HomesContributionsBonus information
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QUESTION Climate 100 QUESTION: What region has hot summers and harsh, cold winters? ANSWER: The Plains
QUESTION Climate 200 QUESTION: What region has hot days, cold nights, and little rainfall? ANSWER: The Southwest
QUESTION Climate 300 QUESTION: What region has hot, humid summers and mild winters? ANSWER: The Eastern Woodlands
QUESTION Climate 400 QUESTION: What does climate mean? ANSWER: The weather all year round.
QUESTION Climate 500 QUESTION: Why don’t forests grow in the desert? ANSWER: Because there is little rainfall and trees need a lot of water to live.
QUESTION QUESTION: What did the American Indians in the Southwest do as occupations? ANSWER: They were farmers and hunters. Occupation and Transportation- 100
QUESTION Occupation and Transportation- 200 QUESTION: What did the Plains Indians do for transportation? ANSWER: They rode horses and walked.
QUESTION Occupation and Transportation- 300 QUESTION: What did the Eastern Woodlands region use for transportation? ANSWER: They paddled canoes and walked.
QUESTION Occupation and Transportation- 400 QUESTION: What did the Eastern Woodlands Region do as occupations? ANSWER: They were farmers, hunters, and fishermen.
QUESTION Occupation and Transportation- 500 QUESTION: What did the Plains Indians use for transportation that no other region had? ANSWER: They were horsemen.
QUESTION Land and Homes 100 QUESTION: Name and describe the homes made in the Plains. ANSWER: Tipis are made of saplings and covered with buffalo skins.
QUESTION Land and Homes 200 QUESTION: Name and describe the homes made in the Eastern Woodlands. ANSWER: Wigwams and longhouses are made from a frame of saplings and covered with reed and bark.
QUESTION Land and Homes 300 QUESTION: Name and describe the homes made in the Southwest Region. ANSWER: The Southwest Indians built multi-story terraced homes out of adobe. They were several levels high like apartment buildings and shaped like stairs.
QUESTION Land and Homes 400 QUESTION: Describe the land in the Eastern Woodlands (four parts). ANSWER: Hills, mountains, rivers, and coastlines
QUESTION Land and Homes 500 QUESTION: Describe the land in the Plains (three parts). ANSWER: Plains, prairies, and rolling hills
QUESTION Contributions 100 QUESTION: What does contribution mean? ANSWER: Things used by people long ago that we still use today.
QUESTION Contributions 200 QUESTION: What kinds of art did the Native Americans make? ANSWER: Pottery, weaving, and carving
QUESTION Contributions 300 QUESTION: What does “knowledge of the environment” mean? ANSWER: Understanding the things around you, like plants, water, and weather.
QUESTION Contributions 400 QUESTION: What does “respect for nature” mean? ANSWER: Taking only what you need from nature and leaving everything else where it belongs.
QUESTION Contributions 500 QUESTION: What two things did the Native Americans teach the Europeans how to grow? ANSWER: Corn and tobacco
QUESTION Bonus information 100 QUESTION: Name all three regions and the tribes that we discussed for reach region. ANSWER: Eastern Woodlands—Powhatan Plains—Lakota Southwest—Pueblo
QUESTION Bonus information 200 QUESTION: People who travel from one place to another and have no real home are _____________. ANSWER: nomadic
QUESTION Bonus information 300 QUESTION: Why did the Lakota choose to use tipis? ANSWER: They had to follow the buffalo herds for food, so they needed homes that they could take with them.
QUESTION Bonus information 400 QUESTION: What is the name of the thing the Plains Indians used to drag their things behind their horses? –A. wampum –B. travois –C. atl-atl ANSWER: B. travois
QUESTION Bonus information 500 QUESTION: How long have Native Americans lived in the United States— hundreds of years, thousands of years, or millions of years? ANSWER: Thousands of years—the Native Americans have been in this country since well before the European people came.