Tribes of the Southwest Desert Chapter 2 Lesson 3 New SS book pg 89 – 91

The Southwest Desert

Living in a Dry land New SS book pg 89 The Southwest Desert cultural region is mostly ____________________________ and arid. These tribes developed a village way of life, based on ______________________________. Pueblo is the Spanish word for _______________________________. The other tribe in this land, known as the Navajo, raised and ate ___________________________. hot farming village sheep

The Pueblo New SS book pg 89 Pueblo Indians are thought to be descended from the _________________________________. The Pueblo developed ____________________________ to grow corn, beans, squash, potatoes and cotton. Their villages looked like today’s __________________________ buildings, rising several stories off the ground. Anasazi irrigation apartment

Hopi New SS book pg 89 mesas enemies governed property cloth baskets The Hopi place their villages on top of high _______________________________. These sites helped them defend themselves against ____________________________. Hopi men ___________________ their villages, but women owned all the __________________. Men were the weavers of __________________ and women were the weavers of ______________________________. mesas enemies governed property cloth baskets

The Hopis ladders pueblos Peaceful One fields To enter a house or to reach other levels, people climbed _____________________________. In time all of the tribes who lived in __________________________ became known as the Pueblo peoples. The name Hopi means ____________________. Steep narrow trails cut into the rocks led from the mesas down to the ________________________. ladders pueblos Peaceful One fields

MESA Pueblo

arid crops drought The climate was very dry, or _______________ . The people used water from springs under the ground and from rain showers to water their _______________________________. Women spent hours filling jars with corn and flour. A surplus of food meant survival during times of __________________________________. crops drought

The Navajos Four Utah Arizona The Navajos settled into an area known as the _____________________________ Corners. This area includes the four corners of the state___________, New Mexico, _____________ and Colorado. Four Utah Arizona

nomads The early Navajos were _____________, which means they traveled with their clans and did not have a chief. They used brushwood, animal skins, and leaves to make new shelters in each place where they stopped to ________________________ and gather ____________________________. hunt food

To the Navajos, _______________________ villages were filled with treasures that the Navajos wanted. When items could not be traded, the Navajos sometimes attacked the __________________ and stole their goods. Soon the Navajos learned Hopi ways and were able to _______________________ crops and ________________________ clothing. Hopi Hopi grow weave

Hogans hogans mud or grass family-sized The Navajos lived in houses called __________________________________. A hogan is a cone shaped house built by covering a log frame with __________________________________. Rather than building their hogans together to form villages, the Navajos built them in small, ______________________________ groups miles apart from one another. hogans mud or grass family-sized

Religion and Beliefs gods shaman sand paintings The Navajos believed in _______________________ called the Holy People. Navajo ceremonies were led by a religious leader and healer called a ________________________. Shamans called upon the gods to give the people special favors. Shamans made beautiful _______________________ that were believed to hold healing powers. gods shaman sand paintings

Sand painting