| A | B |
| Mound Builders | Built mounds, hunting and gathering, trading, some farming |
| Where did Mound Builders live? | Eastern Woodlands (Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Pennsylvania, & West Virginia |
| How did the Mound Builders survive? | Hunting and gathering; trading; some farming. Also built Mounds |
| Where did the Desert Farmers live? | Southwest,(Arizona and New Mexico) |
| How did the Desert Farmers survive? | Used irrigation system for farming; trading |
| In 1500, did more people live in the US and Canada or in Mexico and Central America? | Mexico and Central America |
| Irrigation | Supplying land with water using dams, ditches and channels |
| Culture Area | Region where tribes shared a similar way of life |
| Diversity | Variety |
| Arctic and Sub Arctic | 1.Cold, 2.tundra; 3.can't farm; 4.Nomads |
| Use fish and sea animals for food | Arctic and Sub Arctic |
| Some characteristics of Northwest Coast | 1.Comfortable climate; 2.get food from forests |
| Some characteristics of Far West | 1.Warm, mild climate; 2.abundant (lots of) food |
| 1.Woven baskets; 2.parts are mountainous and dry/little farming; 3.elsewhere, warm summers and mild winters/food abundant | Some characteristics of Far West Coast |
| Characteristics of the Plains | 1.Dry grasslands;2.Nomads; 3.Buffalo for food |
| 1.Lived in cone-shaped shelters called tepees; 2.Used horn and bones for tools | Characteristics of the Plains |
| Characteristics of Eastern Woodlands | 1.Forests; 2.Rich resources; 3.Farming |
| 1.Many warring tribes; 2.Lived in villages | Characteristics of Easter Woodlands |
| Characteristics of the Southwest | 1.Dry; 2.Irrigation for farming; 3.Large adobe apartment houses |
| Certain groups were nomads (Apaches) | Characteristics of the Southwest |