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Tribes of the Southwest Desert
Chapter 2
Lesson 3
New SS book pg 89 – 91
The Southwest Desert
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 ___________________________.
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.
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 ______________________________.
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 ________________________.
MESA
Pueblo
• 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 __________________________________.
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.
• 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 ____________________________.
• 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.
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.
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.
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