The First Americans

American Indians

1. First people to live in America.

North West United States

1. Forests

2. Fished

3. Traveled in canoes.

Grew Cotton

• 1. Cotton- plant used to make clothes.

Midwest United States

1. Great Plains

2. Flat

3. Hunters

a. Buffalo

East United States

1. Forests

2. Hunters

3. Farmers

Southwest United States

1. Famers

2. Used river water

3. Grew corn and beans

Helped People

1. How to plant corn and potatoes.

2. Use plants to make medicine.

Directions: Put the correct answer on the line.Americans Fishing Medicines

Corn Buffalo Hunters

1. American Indians were the first _____________.

2. American Indians who lived in the Northwest went __________________ for their food.

3. American Indians in the Southwest grew beans and __________________.

4. Animals that lived on the Great Plains were the ______________.

5. American Indians who lived on the Great Plains became ________________.

6. American Indians used special plants to make_______________.