Native Americans S.G.

Question 1

“bowl” between Rockies and Sierra Nevadas, desert that is cold in winter and hot in summer?

Answer 1

Environment of the GREAT BASIN

Question 2

Northern Idaho and Washington, more water and plant life than Great Basin?

Answer 2

Environment of the PLATEAU

Question 3

Great Plains, flat, open land, cold winters?

Answer 3

Environment of the PLAINS

Question 4

Rugged and windy, along the coast of Oregon and

Washington, rainy?

Answer 4

Environment of the PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Question 5

Live in small groups, hunter gatherers, no agriculture, didn’t wander, just followed their food sources?

Answer 5

Lifestyle of the GREAT BASIN

Question 6

Hunter gatherers, followed food sources that were

in season?

Answer 6

Lifestyle of the PLATEAU

Question 7

Farmed for centuries, when HORSES arrived they became hunter gatherers and traders?

Answer 7

Lifestyle of the PLAINS

Question 8

No agriculture, plenty of food to gather, conscious

of status, had slaves?

Answer 8

Lifestyle of the PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Question 9

Small huts placed close together?

Answer 9

Shelter of the Great Basin

Question 10

camps placed near rivers in spring, pits dug with cone

shaped roofs call pit houses?

Answer 10

Shelter of the PLATEAU

Question 11

Teepees, larger camps, told stories about the trickster coyote?

Answer 11

Shelter of the Plains

Question 12

Longhouses made of cedar planks, big villages of hundreds of people, carved totems to honor spirit and pass on stories?

Answer 12

Shelter of the Pacific Northwest

Question 13

Pine nuts

Answer 13

Food of the Great Basins

Question 14

salmon, had spring ceremonies to fish and pay tribute to the salmon spirit ?

Answer 14

Food of the Plateau

Question 15

Bison, used them for clothes, tools AND food?

Answer 15

Food of the Plains

Question 16

Potlaches, big ceremony to show off wealth?

Answer 16

Food of the Pacific Northwest

Question 17

Shoshone, Utes, Paiutes?

Answer 17

Tribes of the Great Basin

Question 18

Kutenais, Walla Wallas, Nez Perce?

Answer 18

Tribes of the Plateau

Question 19

Mandans, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Sioux?

Answer 19

Tribes of the Plains

Question 20

Tlingits, Salishes, Haidas?

Answer 20

Tribes of Pacific Northwest

Question 21

This caused a lot of confusion and conflict and made it easy for the U.S. to continue taking land. The U.S. often backed out of agreements whenever they wanted more
land?

Answer 21

Treaties with the Native Americans

Question 22

The removal of the Cherokee people from Georgia to reservations in Oklahoma. They were forced to march the whole way during the winter and many died.

Answer 22

Trail of Tears:

Question 23

Native American children were force to be like European Americans. So they were forcibly taken to harsh schools to teach them to speak English and be
“civilized.” Many never saw their families again. What was the name of the school?

Answer 23

Carlisle School

Question 24

Native Americans did not have natural immunity to many of the diseases that Europeans
brought with them. This was mostly accidental, but there were cases where Europeans infected local
Native American groups on purpose. Diseases like smallpox killed thousands.

Answer 24

Disease

Question 25

Groups of Cheyenne and Arapaho had been encouraged to seek protection near
this military post so that they wouldn’t be considered enemies. They gave up their weapons and agreed
to live in peace in return for food and protection. They even hung a U.S. flag and a white flag of
surrender so that everyone would know they were peaceful. Colonel Chivington ordered their horses
captured and his men to attack, killing 123, one hundred of which were women and children.

Answer 25

Sand Creek Massacre:

Question 26

Battle fought between the Sioux (led by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse) and the
U.S. military.

Answer 26

Battle of Little Bighorn