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

2. The Southwest Desert

3. 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

4. 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

7. 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

8. 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

10. MESA
Pueblo

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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

14. 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

15. 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

17. 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

18. Sand painting