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The driest cultural region stretched from southwestern United States to northern

Mexico. It was home to the nomadic

Apache and Hopi tribes

What is the Southwest Region ?

This region is home to the Pomo, Shoshone,

Paiute, and Miwok tribes found from the Pacific coast inland

over the Sierra Nevada Mts and into

the Great Basin.

What is the California

Intermountain Region?

This region is located along the Pacific

Coast from Alaska to California and his

home to the Kwakiutl Tlingit and Chinook

tribes.

What is the Northwest Coastal

Region ?

Located between the Cascade and Rocky

Mountains, this region included parts of the

northwestern states and British Columbia. The Nez

Perce, Spokane, and Yakima tribes lived here.

What is the Plateau

Region ?

East of the Plateau lay a region that extends from

the Rocky Mts to the Mississippi River. It

stretched north to south from Canada to Texas. It

was home to the Cheyenne, Pawnee,

Comanche and Sioux tribes.

What is the Great Plains

Region?

The Algonquin and Iroquois tribes were found to settle

among the hills, mountains, valleys and seacoasts of this region. The region stretched from the Mississippi River to the Atlantic Ocean and ran from the Great Lakes to the

Ohio River.

What is the Eastern

Woodlands Region ?

Swamps, hot and steamy climates, tall razor-sharp grass are characteristics of this cultural region. Home

to the Seminoles, Creek, Choctaw tribes

What is the Southeast Region?

This region is known for its treeless grassland with

cold winters and hot summers home to many

animals including, antelope, deer, bears and

the prized animal the buffalo.

What is the Great Plains

Region?

This region is densely covered with fir pine,

and cedar forests right to the ocean’s shores

What is the Northwest Coast

Region?

With plenty of water provided by the Columbia and Fraser

Rivers this region was covered with forests by the mountains

thick grasses, berries, or camas (lily) and inhabited by deer, bear and jack rabbits.

What is the Plateau Region

?

This Indian tribe from the Northwest Coast region made their clothing, fishing

equipment and carved figures(totem poles) out of cedar poles and bark.

What are the Kwiakiutl?

Native to the California-Intermountain Region this tribe is known for

their artistic crafts such as beautiful woven

baskets made of grass which were decorated with shells, beads and

feathers.

What are the California Pomo

?

This Southwest tribe were known for

wrapping themselves in cool cotton cloth to

keep cool from the extreme heat.

What are the

Hopi ?

The camas root was animportant “staple in this Native American tribe’s

diet. They were also known for their distinctive grass woven clothing such as

basket hats.

What are the Yakima ?

Warm blankets and warrior shields made

from buffalo are artifacts found from this Native American

tribe.

What are the Western Sioux ?

Sleeveless capes made from turkey

feathers, cedar framed canoes,

deer hide clothing are all artifacts from this Native American tribe

What are the Algonquin ?

This Native American tribe were able to move along shallow streams and swampy areas in their flat-bottomed canoes made from

cypress trees.

What are the Seminole ?

Home built on wooden

platforms three feet above

ground

What is a chickee?

A dome shaped home made from materials

in the region’s forests. It was covered with

mats made from birch tree bark.

What is a wigwam ?

Built like apartment buildings, these homes were 4-5

stories high made from stone and

adobe.

What are pueblos ?

Term that mean “ways of

living”

What are cultures?

Objects made by humans are known

as…

What are artifacts?

Historians call these areas

where similar cultures

develop…

What are cultural

regions?

Groups of people who move from place to place as changes in the

seasons make food available are

called…

What is nomadic?

A narrow deep valley with steep

sides

What are gorges?