Northwest 1. cold winters, cool summers, heavy rainfall, thick fir, spruce, and cedar forests 2. from the sea, clams, fish, seaweed, seals, sea lions, whales, deer, moose, bear, elk, beaver, and mountain goat 3.long thin boards, large sturdy houses, roof shingles out of bark 4. mainly animal hide, fur and various plant materials

California 1.Winter rains, hot dry summers, coastal foothills, valleys, deserts, mountains, oak trees with acorns 2. salmon, shellfish, deer, rabbits, and ducks, roots, berries, and pine nuts 3. simple homes bark draped into a cone shape, or thick mats of reeds 4. simple aprons or skirts from grasses or other plants or leather, animal hides in winter

Great Basin 1. desert, low grasses, sagebrush, small animals, such as rabbits and lizards 2. small animals, ducks, duck eggs, snakes, grass hoppers, plants, 3. huts and caves, temporary shelters of willow poles in a cone shape 4. made robes out of rabbit hides,

Plateau 1. cold winters, gentle summers, large rivers, abundant fish 2. hunted and gathered, fish/salmon, and plants, onions and carrots, camas, antelope and deer 3. sturdy houses along rivers made of driftwood, partly underground 4. elaborate hats,

Southwest 1. canyons, mountains, desert, mesas, hot dry climate, Colorado river and Rio Grande 2. nomadic desert hunters, farmed beans, corn, and squash 3. bricks of adobe, thick walled houses, looked like apartments up to four stories high 4. clothes of cotton

Great Plains 1. treeless grassland, dense grasses, more water and softer soil in eastern part of the region 2. farming, buffalo hunting, bow and arrows 3. buffalo skins sewn together to make a tipi 4. buffalo hides

Eastern Woodlands 1. snowy winters, rainy summers, thick forests, many lakes 2. hunted bears, trapped birds, beavers, deer, fish, greens, nuts, and berries 3. long sturdy framed houses covered with elm bark near rivers 4. mainly animal hide and furs

Southeast 1. warm humid summers, mild winters, coastal plains, river valleys, mountains, swamps 2. farmed corn, potatoes, rice, squash, pumpkins hunted squirrels, rabbits, and turkeys 3. towns around mounds, homes from strips of young trees woven into a rectangular frame and plastered with clay. Roofs were pointed and made of leaves 4. simple deer skin skirts, arm rings, hairpins, and earrings.