Tribes of the Southwest Desert

1. Tribes of the Southwest Desert Chapter 2 Lesson 3 New SS book pg 89 – 91

2. The Southwest Desert

3. Living in a Dry landNew SS book pg 89 • The Southwest Desert cultural region is mostly ____________________________ and arid. • These tribes developed a village way of life, based on ______________________________. • Pueblo is the Spanish word for _______________________________. • The other tribe in this land, known as the Navajo, raised and ate ___________________________. hot farming village sheep

4. The Pueblo New SS book pg 89 • Pueblo Indians are thought to be descended from the _________________________________. • The Pueblo developed ____________________________ to grow corn, beans, squash, potatoes and cotton. • Their villages looked like today’s __________________________ buildings, rising several stories off the ground. Anasazi irrigation apartment

7. HopiNew SS book pg 89 • The Hopi place their villages on top of high _______________________________. • These sites helped them defend themselves against ____________________________. • Hopi men ___________________ their villages, but women owned all the __________________. • Men were the weavers of __________________ and women were the weavers of ______________________________. mesas enemies governed property cloth baskets

8. The Hopis • To enter a house or to reach other levels, people climbed _____________________________. • In time all of the tribes who lived in __________________________ became known as the Pueblo peoples. • The name Hopi means ____________________. • Steep narrow trails cut into the rocks led from the mesas down to the ________________________. ladders pueblos Peaceful One fields

10. MESA Pueblo

11. arid • The climate was very dry, or _______________ . • The people used water from springs under the ground and from rain showers to water their _______________________________. • Women spent hours filling jars with corn and flour. • A surplus of food meant survival during times of __________________________________. crops drought

12. The Navajos • The Navajos settled into an area known as the _____________________________ Corners. • This area includes the four corners of the state___________, New Mexico, _____________ and Colorado. Four Utah Arizona

13. nomads • The early Navajos were _____________, which means they traveled with their clans and did not have a chief. • They used brushwood, animal skins, and leaves to make new shelters in each place where they stopped to ________________________ and gather ____________________________. hunt food

14. To the Navajos, _______________________ villages were filled with treasures that the Navajos wanted. • When items could not be traded, the Navajos sometimes attacked the __________________ and stole their goods. • Soon the Navajos learned Hopi ways and were able to _______________________ crops and ________________________ clothing. Hopi Hopi grow weave

15. Hogans • The Navajos lived in houses called __________________________________. • A hogan is a cone shaped house built by covering a log frame with __________________________________. • Rather than building their hogans together to form villages, the Navajos built them in small, ______________________________ groups miles apart from one another. hogans mud or grass family-sized

17. Religion and Beliefs • The Navajos believed in _______________________ called the Holy People. • Navajo ceremonies were led by a religious leader and healer called a ________________________. • Shamans called upon the gods to give the people special favors. • Shamans made beautiful _______________________ that were believed to hold healing powers. gods shaman sand paintings

18. Sand painting