Native American Civilizations EZ
Indians - ANS-What Europeans called the diverse people they encountered in America
Number of Native Americans that populated North America when Columbus arrived -
ANS-Several million
Eastern part of the U.S. - ANS-Home of the Eastern Woodland Indians
Southeastern tribes - ANS-Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek and Seminole
Three Sisters crops - ANS-Corn, beans and squash
Modern states where natives settled in the American Southwest - ANS-Arizona, New
Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Colorado
Great Plains region of the U.S. - ANS-Stretches from Canada to Texas
Buffalo - ANS-Animal that lived in the Great Plains and fed Native Americans
Horse - ANS-Introduced to the Great Plains by the Spanish
Purpose of the Sun Dance - ANS-To thank the spirits that had helped them throughout
the year; sometimes lasted for 8 days
Number of tribes in the Pacific Northwest - ANS-About 40
Importance of Red Cedar trees - ANS-Provided the Native Americans of the Pacific
Northwest with all of the timber they needed for homes, canoes and tools
Potlatch - ANS-Special feast to celebrate putting up wooden poles that was carved to
tell the story of the owners' ancestors' great deeds
Eastern Woodlands - Southeast Tribes - ANS-Cherokee, Choctaw, Chickasaw, Creek
and Seminole
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