Native Americans

Question 1

What were the 3 different types of Native Americans?

Answer 1

1. The Eastern Woodlands
2. The Plains
3. The South-West

Question 2

There were 3 main types of Native Americans. What was the main factor that determined how they each lived?

Answer 2

Their different environments and climates.

Question 3

What was the environment like for the Eastern Woodlands indigenous people?

Answer 3

Very hot summers and very cold winters.

Question 4

How did the Eastern Woodlands people use their resources? (Think land and waterways)

Answer 4

1. They used wood to build longhouses, canoes, and bows and arrows.
2. They used the rivers/seas for fishing, trade and communication.
3. They used animals like deer and bear for food, clothing, and as insulation for longhouses.

Question 5

What foods did the Eastern Woodland farm?

Answer 5

Corn, pumpkin, sunflowers, and beans. They also had berries, deer, bear, and other small animals.

Question 6

How were longhouses managed?

Answer 6

1. They were communal
2. Permanent structures
3. Fires in the middle
4. Bedding and storage along the sides
5. Adapted to suit the weather
6. Managed by women.

Question 7

What did the Plains people live in?

Answer 7

Teepees. This was because they were nomadic. They were made of 12 buffalo skins.

Question 8

What did the Plains people need for survival?

Answer 8

The Buffalo.

Question 9

How did the Plains people use the buffalo?

Answer 9

1. Meat as food
2. Tendons for sewing thread
3. Hooves for glue
4. Bones for tools
5. Fat for soap
6. Skin for clothing, teepees

Question 10

What did the Plains people farm?

Answer 10

Maize, pumpkins, beans

Question 11

What two changes impacted the lives of the Plains people?

Answer 11

1. Introduction of horses: they used them for hunting/fighting
2. Introduction of Woodland people onto their lands.

Question 12

What was everyday life like for the Plains people?

Answer 12

1. Women did cooking, cleaning, made clothes.
2. Men hunted.
3. Events like ceremonies, dances and various rituals.

Question 13

What was the environment like for the South West people?

Answer 13

Very hot in summer, but heavy snow in winter due to altitude.

Question 14

How did the South West people live?

Answer 14

In permanent communities called pueblos. Houses were:
- dug out of the ground
- double storey
- external ladders for access
- communal ovens
- underground ‘kivas’ for meeting and ceremonial events

Question 15

What did the South West people farm?

Answer 15

Corn, beans and pumpkin. They also had buffalo.

Question 16

How did the South West people spend leisure time?

Answer 16

Pottery, basket weaving, making blankets and clothing