STUDY GUIDE:
STUDY GUIDE How do scientists think people first migrated to the Americas?
They walked from Asia across the Beringia land bridge.
They sailed from Polynesia in large canoes.
They paddled across the Bering Strait from Siberia in kayaks.
They rowed from Iceland in sturdy wooden boats.
To survive in different areas, native peoples had to learn to
develop their own religions.
build houses out of wood.
adapt to their environment.
speak the same language.
STUDY GUIDE:
STUDY GUIDE Native Americans living on the Northwest Coast got most of their food from
buffalo herds.
desert plants.
their own farms.
rivers and the sea.
Native Americans of the Great Basin lived in a region offering
lots of camas and salmon.
limited food and water.
large supplies of acorns.
crops of corn, beans, and squash.
STUDY GUIDE:
STUDY GUIDE Native Americans of the Southwest adapted to a desert climate by building
thick-walled abobe houses.
wooden houses out of cedar logs.
movable tipis made of buffalo skins.
homes clustered around mounds.
The buffalo provided food, clothing, tools, and shelter for Native Americans of the
Northwest Coast.
Eastern Woodlands.
Plateau Region.
Great Plains.
STUDY GUIDE:
Which region on the map best fits this description of its environment?
treeless grasslands
dense grasses
large buffalo herds
Southeast
Great Plains
Southwest
Which region on the map has the largest freshwater lakes?
Northwest Coast
California
Plateau
Eastern Woodlands STUDY GUIDE
Vocabulary to Know:
Vocabulary to Know Migrate
Culture
Civilization
Irrigation
Mound Builder
Technology
Tundra
Matrilineal
Slash & Burn Agriculture
Iroquois League