American History - 8th grade - native cultural regions
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Northwest Coast | south Oregon to Canada |
| Northwest Coast | food from sea and forest |
| Northwest Coast | large houses made of wood and bark |
| California | southern Oregon to Baja |
| California | salmon and trapping for food |
| California | houses out of wood frames and reed coverings |
| Great Basin | east of California between SIerra Nevada and Rocky mountains |
| Great Basin | ate plants, birds, insects |
| Great Basin | temporary houses with willow poles and reeds |
| Plateau | Canada, North Cascades to west and Rockies in the east |
| Plateau | plants and fish are main source of food |
| Plateau | homes built partly underground and used logs covered with saplings, reeds and mud |
| Southwest | Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorade, Texas, Oklahoma |
| Southwest | adobe pueblos |
| Southwest | hunted, farmed corn |
| Great Plains | Rocky Mountains to Mississippi |
| Great Plains | relied on buffalo for food and other things |
| Great Plains | made teepees |
| Eastern Woodlands | Mississippi RIver to Atlantic and Canada to NOeth Carolina |
| Eastern Woodlands | Longhouses 20 feet by 100 feet |
| Eastern Woodlands | Iroquois and Algonquin |
| Eastern Woodlands | farmed and hunted |
| Native Woodlands | Ohio River Valley to the Gulf of Mexico |
| Native Woodlands | hunted, gathered, and grew corn |
| Native Woodlands | mounds for shelter, storage and burials |
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