History Vocab Quiz

Arctic Inuit

Tundra climate with long, severe winter; arctic game hunting economy; igloos and driftwood covered in sod dwell-ings; led by oldest (most experienced) male hunters

California Pomo

wet winter, dry summer; diverse economy based on hunting, fishing, gathering food, conical coastal dwellings made of redwood bark; head advisers with a council

Great Basin Paiute

semiarid grasslands with cold winters, hot summers; fragile subsistence economy; wikiups or brush shel-ters; small bands having little political coherence

Mesoamerican Aztec

cool, dry, mild climate; agriculture-based, tribute economy; adobe and thatched-roof dwellings; system of tribute with emperor

Northeastern Woodlands Iroquois

moist continental climate; agricultural economy; long houses; Iroquois League

Northwest Coast Kwakiutl

marine West coast climate with mild damp winters and dry mild summers; salmon fishing-based economy; communal homes made of cedar; hereditary chiefs for tribes

Plains Sioux (Teton/Lakaota)

hot summer, cold winter, dry cli-mate; buffalo- and hunting-based economy, tipi made of poles and buffalo hides; chief and band council

Plateau Nez Perce

semiarid grasslands with very cold winters and hot summers; use of horses allowed trading and buffalo hunting economy; tipi dwellings made of hides; villages and bands with headman and council

Southeastern Atlantic Cherokee

moist continental climate; ag-ricultural economy; wattle-and-daub dwellings; seven clans; two chiefs for each tribe, a peace chief and a war chief

Southwest Pueblo

arid desert; subsistence economy based upon irrigated cultivation; multistory adobe dwellings; theocracy with head priest and town chief

Subarctic Cree

long, very cold winters and short cool summers with low annual precipitation; game-hunting economy; wigwams made of birch bark; led by men who distingushied themselves in war