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  • Permanent homes of the Great Plains Indians, were large round huts built over a deep hole.
    lodges
  • Which cultural region is a fairly flat region?
    Great Plains Cultural Region
  • Describe the Great Plains Cultural Region
    flat region, covered with grass, few trees, arid/dry
  • Why were teepees useful to the Plains Indians
    they were easy to move during hunts
  • Name four tribes of the Great Plains
    Cheyenne, Pawnee, Osage, and Lakota
  • Native American celebration that often includes traditional dancing and games
    powwow
  • What is a dwelling built by Plains Indians, made of poles arranged in a circle covered by buffalo hides?
    teepee
  • What was plentiful and important to the lives of the Plains Indians?
    buffalo
  • What is a sled made of poles tied together and used by Native Americans to transport goods across the plains?
    travois
  • Name two reasons the horses were useful to the Cheyenne.
    They could hunt more easily. They could travel faster. The could move heavier loads.
  • What were the crops of the Plains Indians?
    corn, beans, squash, and pumpkins
  • What are two methods the Plains Indians use to hunt buffalo?
    They ran buffalo off of cliffs. They wore an animal disguise to get near enough to use their bows and arrows.
  • Explain two ways they used the buffalo
    major source of meat, clothing and blankets, horns for bowls, stomachs as pots
  • Why was buffalo hunting so dangerous?
    the large, fast animals could trample hunters
  • Name one tribe of the Great Plains
    Lakota (Sioux)
  • What is a large, round hut?
    lodge
  • Where do the Cheyenne live today?
    Montana
  • When did the Plains Indians live in teepees?
    When they were hunting
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