U.S History midterm flashcards

Question 1

Southwest cultures

Answer 1

Hopi, Zuni Navajo

Question 2

Southwest: environment

Answer 2

dry, water-scarce, desert-like

Question 3

Southwest: Economy

Answer 3

corns, beans, squash, baskets, dolls

Question 4

Southwest: settlements

Answer 4

built w/adobe, pueblos, irrigation

Question 5

Northwest: cultures

Answer 5

Nootka, Tlingit, Kwakiutl

Question 6

Northwest: enviroment

Answer 6

forests, costal waters

Question 7

Northwest: economy

Answer 7

salmon and other fish

Question 8

Northwest: settlements

Answer 8

lumber, canoes, totem poles

Question 9

Great Basin: cultures

Answer 9

Shostone, Ute

Question 10

Great Basin: environment

Answer 10

dry and mountainous

Question 11

Great Basin: economy

Answer 11

gathered seeds, hunted rabbits and snakes

Question 12

Great Basin: settlements

Answer 12

mostly nomadic

Question 13

Great Plains: cultures

Answer 13

Cheyenne, Pawnee, Sioux

Question 14

Great Plains: Environment

Answer 14

grasslands, no trees, mostly flat

Question 15

Great Plains: economy

Answer 15

hunted bison, teepees

Question 16

Great Plains: settlements

Answer 16

mostly nomadic, some were settled

Question 17

Far North: cultures

Answer 17

Inuit, Eskimo

Question 18

Far North: environment

Answer 18

arctic conditions

Question 19

Far North: economy

Answer 19

hunted seals, walruses, whales, salmon, caribou

Question 20

Far North: settlements

Answer 20

igloos

Question 21

Southeast: Cultures

Answer 21

Choctaw, Creek, Cherokee, Chickasaw

Question 22

Southeast: environment

Answer 22

warm, forest, ornament-like

Question 23

Southeast: economy

Answer 23

traded stone

Question 24

Southeast: settlements

Answer 24

mound builders (cementries)

Question 25

Eastern Woodlands: cultures

Answer 25

Mohawk, Cherokee, Iroquois, Onedia, Seneca, Lenape, Confederation, Delaware

Question 26

Eastern Woodlands: environment

Answer 26

forests

Question 27

Eastern Woodlands: economy

Answer 27

hunters, farmers

Question 28

Eastern Woodlands: settlements

Answer 28

longhouses

Question 29

Aztecs: Location

Answer 29

northern Mexico

Question 30

Aztecs: economy

Answer 30

major trading city; farmed tomatoes, chilis, peppers

Question 31

Aztecs: religion

Answer 31

king had god like power, temples and sacrifices

Question 32

Aztecs: Contribution

Answer 32

Medicine, Astronomy, Art and architecture, irrigation dishes, Children Of The Sun, Machu Piccu

Question 33

Aztecs: table of contents

Answer 33

writing (codex)

Question 34

Inca: location

Answer 34

South America, Andes Mountains