STUDY GUIDE FOR CHAPTER 2
The Iroquois (Eastern Woodlands)
lived near the Great Lakes
grew three main crops: corn, beans, and squash
wood was an important resource
lived in longhouses / used wampum beads to tell stories
The Algonquian (Eastern Woodlands)
lived on the coastal plain and Great Lakes areas
fish was an important food resource
lived in longhouses or wigwams
The Plains People
main food source was buffalo / rain was another main resource
two different types – Great Plains and Central Plains
Great Plains people were not farmers / wood was scarce/ they
lived in tepees
Central Plains people were hunters and farmers / they lived in
lodges
The Puebloan (Southwest People)
Hopi lived in what is now Arizona / had long periods of drought
religion played a strong role in their government
they grew crops and found ways to store water
very little rain so they had few trees / houses were made of
stone and mud
Groups to the West
this area stretched from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean
the Shoshone lived near the Great Basin and hunted small animals
and buffalo
The Nez Perce lived on the Columbia Plateau. They had fish for food
Groups in the Northwest Coast (Kwakiutl)
lived in large longhouses
whales and wood were important resources
they were excellent traders and barterers
they fished, hunted, and gathered plants and nuts
made totem poles to tell stories and welcome guests
Groups to the North (Inuit)
lived in what is now Alaska
too cold to grow plants
they hunted foxes, caribou, polar bears, seals walruses, and whales
lived in igloos