Native Americans: Native Americans were the _________________________who lived in

America before people from other countries came to what is now the United States.

Native Americans respected ________________________. They took care of the earth and only
used what they needed.
Native Americans used natural resources to meet their needs. Natural resources are things in
nature that people can ______________.

Native Americans lived in culture __________________.The people in a culture group have the
same way of life. A culture group is a group of people who live in the same
____________________.
Native Americans lived in ___________different regions.Each region had different physical
surroundings.Some regions had forests. Others were mostly ___________________. Still others
had oceans nearby.
Each region had different natural resources. Each culture group used the natural resources in its
region to meet its _________________________.
For this reason, Native American culture groups had different _____________________. Those
who lived near deserts used clay or stones to build their homes. Those who lived on the Plains
used buffalo ___________________to make their homes. Still others lived near forests. They
built their homes of _______________________.
Many Native American culture groups built their homes in ________________________or
cities. These are the remains of an ancient __________________________ cliff village.
Other culture groups, like the Plains Indians, were _____________________. They could not
live in one place. They had to move around to follow the buffalo.
The physical surroundings of each region also affected how each culture group got its
____________________. Native Americans in the Eastern Woodlands were very lucky. That
region had forests, lakes and rivers, a nearby ocean, and good climate. These Native Americans
could _____________________, hunt, and ________________________for food.

There were no forests in the Southwest region. The land was ___________________ and

uneven. There were many mesas, or large rocks with flat tops. The Indians who lived in this
region were farmers. They planted their crops on the tops of ______________________.
Native Americans in the California Inter-mountain region were known as
_______________________.
There were few natural resources in this region. These Native Americans gathered
_______________, seeds, and fruits. They also dug up plant _______________ to eat for food.
Indians from the Northwest Coast hunted sea animals in the Pacific __________________.
There were many salmon in the rivers for them to eat.They also hunted animals in nearby forests.
Buffalo were a natural resource in the ______________________ region. The meat was used for
food. The skins were used for shelters and clothing. The bones were used for tools.
The physical surroundings of the regions affected each culture groups way of
life in other ways, too. There was much __________________ in the Southwest. Native
Americans that lived in this region used the clay to make beautiful ______________________.
The Northwest Coast region had many forests. The Native Americans in this region used wood
from the forests to carve tall ______________________ poles. The carvings on each totem pole
told about a familys ____________________________.

There were many ____________________________ in the Plains region. Native Americans who
lived in this region were hunters. The Plains Indians had special
___________________________ before big hunts. They danced to the music of drums. They
thought this would bring them good _________________ on the hunt.
Native Americans in the California Inter-mountain region were expert basket weavers. They
made beautiful baskets out of __________________________ and plants.
Physical surroundings affected how the Indians traveled, too. All Indians ________________.
Plains and Southwest Indians got _____________________ from Spanish explorers.
Indians in the Eastern Woodlands, Northwest Coast, and California Intermountain regions used
_______________________.

Los Nativos Americanos: n ativos americanos fueron los

_________________________who vivi en Amrica antes que la gente de otros pases llegaron

a lo que hoy es Estados Unidos.
Los nativos americanos respetados ________________________. Se encargaron de la tierra y
slo se utiliza lo que necesitaban.
Los nativos americanos usaban los recursos naturales para satisfacer sus necesidades. Los
recursos naturales son cosas de la naturaleza que la gente puede ______________.

Los nativos americanos vivan en la cultura __________________. Las personas de un grupo de

cultivo tienen la misma forma de vida. Un grupo de cultura es un grupo de personas que viven en
el mismo ____________________.
Los nativos americanos vivan en ___________different regin regions.Each tenido diferentes
regiones surroundings.Some fsicos tenan bosques. Otros eran en su mayora
___________________. Algunos tuvieron ocanos cerca.
Cada regin tena diferentes recursos naturales. Cada grupo de cultivo utilizado los recursos
naturales en su regin para cumplir con su _________________________.
Por esta razn, los grupos culturales nativos americanos tenan diferentes
_____________________. Los que vivan cerca de los desiertos utiliza arcilla o piedras para
construir sus casas. Los que vivan en las llanuras utilizan bfalos ___________________to
hacer sus casas. Todava otros vivan cerca de los bosques. Construyeron sus casas de
_______________________.
Muchos grupos de cultivos nativos americanos construyeron sus casas en las ciudades
________________________or. Estos son los restos de un antiguo pueblo
__________________________ acantilado.
Otros grupos culturales, como los indios de las llanuras, fueron _____________________. No
podan vivir en un solo lugar. Tenan que moverse para seguir el bfalo.
El entorno fsico de cada regin tambin afectaron a la forma en que cada grupo tiene su cultura
____________________. Los nativos americanos en los bosques orientales eran muy afortunado.
Esa regin tiene bosques, lagos y ros, un mar cercano, y buen clima. Estos nativos americanos
podran _____________________, cazar y ________________________for alimentos.
No hubo bosques en la regin del suroeste. La tierra era ___________________ y desigual.

Haba muchas mesas, o grandes rocas con las tapas planas. Los indios que vivan en esta regin
eran agricultores. Ellos plantaron sus cultivos en las cimas de ______________________.
Los nativos americanos en la regin entre la montaa de California eran conocidos como
_______________________.
Haba pocos recursos naturales en esta regin. Estos nativos americanos se reunieron
_______________, semillas y frutas. Tambin desenterraron planta de _______________ a
comer por la comida.

Indios de la costa del noroeste cazaron animales marinos en el Pacfico __________________.

Haba muchos salmones en los ros para que puedan eat.They tambin cazaban animales en los
bosques cercanos.
Buffalo eran un recurso natural en la regin de ______________________. La carne se utiliz
para la alimentacin. Las pieles se utilizan para abrigos y prendas de vestir. Los huesos fueron
utilizados para herramientas.
El entorno fsico de las regiones afectadas de forma de cada grupo de cultivo
la vida de otras maneras, tambin. Hubo mucho __________________ en el suroeste. Los
nativos americanos que vivan en esta regin utilizaron el barro para hacer hermosa
______________________.
La regin de la costa del noroeste tena muchos bosques. Los nativos americanos en esta regin
utilizan madera de los bosques para tallar altos ______________________ polos. Las tallas en
cada ttem contaron sobre ____________________________ de una familia.

Haba muchos ____________________________ en la regin de los llanos. Nativos americanos

que vivan en esta regin eran cazadores. Los indios de las praderas tenan especial
___________________________ antes de grandes caceras. Bailaron al ritmo de los tambores.
Ellos pensaron que esto les traera buena _________________ a la caza.
Los nativos americanos en la regin entre la montaa de California eran tejedores de cestas de
expertos. Hicieron hermosas cestas de __________________________ y plantas.

entorno fsico afecta cmo viajaban los indios, tambin. Todos los indios ________________.
Llanuras y los indios Southwest tiene _____________________ de los exploradores espaoles.
Indios en las zonas boscosas del este, costa del noroeste, y las regiones de California
Intermountain utiliza _______________________.