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1. FILL IN THE BLANKS: Northwest Culture, Northeast Woodlands Culture, Southwest Culture, Arctic, Great Plains Culture
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Geographic Features Geographic Features
• Tundra, ice covered
Plateau Culture • No trees
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Geographic Features
• Cold winters, gentle summers
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Geographic Features
Geographic Features • Cold winters
• Cold winters, cool summers •
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California Culture Southeast Culture
Geographic Features Geographic Features
• Rainy winters, hot dry summers • Warm, humid summers; mild winters
Key: The dashed lines show the land form regions. The
solid lines show the different Native American groups.
Great Basin Culture
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Geographic Features
• Between two mountain ranges Geographic Features
• Canyons, mountains, desert
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2. FILL IN THE BLANKS: Northwest Culture, Northeast Woodlands Culture, Southwest Culture, Arctic, Great Plains Culture
ARCTIC ____GREAT PLAINS____
Geographic Features
• Tundra, ice covered Taiga forests Geographic Features
ECONOMY: hunters, fishers Plateau Culture • No trees, plains, rolling hills
Housing: ice block or sod houses • Hot summers & cold winters
Geographic Features Economy: hunting
• Cold winters, gentle summers Food: buffalo
Housing: teepees
NORTHEAST WOODLANDS
NORTHWEST Geographic Features
• Cold winters, humid, temperate
• forest
Geographic Features
Economy: farming, hunting
• Cold winters, cool summers; rainy
Food: maize, deer
• Coastal forest
Housing: longhouses
Economy gathering, hunting
Food: fish, whale, deer, berries
Housing – large wooden houses
California Culture Southeast Culture
Geographic Features Geographic Features
• Rainy winters, hot dry summers • Warm, humid summers; mild winters
Key: The dashed lines show the land form regions. The
solid lines show the different Native American groups.
Great Basin Culture
SOUTHWEST
Geographic Features
• Between two mountain ranges
Geographic Features
• Canyons, mountains, desert, hot and dry
• Mesas with flat plains
Economy: hunting, farming
Food: maize
Housing: adobe (sun dried clay mud) buildings either
on cliff walls in in clusters called pueblos
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