Food Natural Resources ShelterClimateClothing

Question Column How did each region decide what to eat?

Answer Column Based off where they lived and the natural resources that were available (ex hunters, gathers, fishing..etc)

Question Column Which Indian tribe ate fish and seafood?

Answer Column Northwest Indians

Question Column Which Indian tribe ate guanaco and hunted rhea?

Answer Column Marginal Indians

Question Column Which 4 Indian tribes ate rabbits?

Answer Column Southwest, Subarctic, Plateau, California Indians

Question Column Which 5 Indian tribes ate deer?

Answer Column Plateau, California, Subarctic, Southeast, Southwest,

Question Column Which regions had gold as a natural resource?

Answer Column Northwest Coast, Middle America, Andes,

Question Column Which Indian Tribe had coffee and minerals?

Answer Column Andes Indians

Question Column Why should you expect the Middle American, Northwest, and Andes Indians to have silver and gold?

Answer Column The Indians live in or near mountains

Question Column Which regions had fish as natural resource and explain why?

Answer Column Subartic, Northeast, Great Basin, Plateau, Northwest Coast, Middle America, Caribbean, Marginal.

Question Column Chose one Indian tribe and tell me how they use their Natural Resources to help them survive.

Answer Column Answers vary – see graphic organizer

Question Column What resources is a long house made of?

Answer Column Made of wooden poles and covered with bark and leaves.

Question Column Which Indian tribes made adobes (shelters made out of clay)?

Answer Column Southwest and Andes Indians

Question Column Which Indians had the most permanent shelters? Why do you think so?

Answer Column Great Basin, Plateau, NW, Tropical, Andes, NE – all very sturdy and hard to take down.

Question Column What resources where used to make tipis and why were they used? Explain why the Plains used a tipi as a shelter.

Answer Column The Plains Indians ate mostly bison/buffalo, so they had plenty of hides to cover their tipis. The tipis were used because they were portable to travel after the Bison or Buffalo for food.

Question Column Which region used long houses? What specific resources did they use to create their long houses? Give two reasons why the long house was used for this region.

Answer Column Northeast used long houses. Used wooden poles and posts covered with bark and leaves. Why? Multifamily, natural resource is trees, and keep out cold climate, permanent structure

Question Column Which Indian Tribe lives closest to the Equator? How do you know?

Answer Column Tropical, temps are 90 to 100 all year.

Question Column Which Indian tribe lives in the coldest region?

Answer Column Arctic Indians

Question Column Which Indian tribe lives in a region with the most precipitation?

Answer Column North West – 100 inches or 8.3 feet

Question Column Which Indian Tribe lived in the best climate all year? What evidence do you have to support this?

Answer Column Either Middle America - 15 degree difference and 5 ft of precipitation Caribbean – 85 all year, only 2 feet of precipitation

Question Column In your opinion which Indian tribe lived in a climate that most challenging? What evidence do you have to support this?

Answer Column North West – since they have so much rain Middle America – so much rain Arctic – cold climate Subarctic- cold climate Great Basin – so little temp difference.

Question Column Why did the Tropical Indians wear very little clothing?

Answer Column Temperatures were so hot and a lot of precipitation. Close to the equator equals warmer climate.

Question Column Where do the Indians get their woven cloth from?

Answer Column Alpacas and llamas

Question Column Which type of clothing would keep Indians the warmest in the Arctic?

Answer Column Caribou skins and polar bear fur keep the Arctic Indians warm Deer and Buffalo fur/skins

Question Column What does an artifact tell you about the Indian tribe? Give 2 examples of how these artifacts were a representation of the region.

Answer Column Pots – they made pottery had clay and mud Straw- baskets Canoes- used for fishing transportation

Question Column Use two pieces of evidence, which Indian tribe would have the best chance to survive?

Answer Column Answers vary – see graphic organizer