| A | B |
|---|
| culture | a way of life |
| culture areas | regions in which groups of people have a similar way of life |
| Far North | this culture area hunted seals, walrus and whales |
| Northwest | people from this area celebrated the potlatch by giving away wealth to display family status |
| Far West | this culture area had various home types such as cone-shaped, wooden planked, and pit houses |
| Southwest | this area made homes out of sun -dried bricks called adobe |
| Great Plains | This environment was mostly without trees and natives lived in tepees |
| Eastern Woodlands | the Algonquian and Iroquois dominated this culture area |
| clans | groups of families that were related to one another |
| Southeast | the Cherokees and Creeks belonged to this region |
