Salmon belong to the rivers of the Northwest Coast, not the dry Southwest. Southwest tribes farmed corn, beans, and squash because they had learned how to grow these crops in the hot, dry land.

Igloos were built by the Inuit in the icy Arctic. Northwest Coast people had thick cedar forests, so they split the trees into wide planks to build sturdy plank houses near the ocean.

Totem poles came from the cedar forests of the Northwest Coast, where tribes carved them to share family stories. Eastern Woodlands tribes farmed and built longhouses instead.

Adobe is clay mixed with straw and dried in the sun, and it kept Southwest homes cool. Pueblos were stacked rooms of adobe, sometimes built right into cliffs for shade and protection.

Salmon swim up Northwest Coast rivers in huge numbers each year. Tribes there caught and dried salmon to feed their families through the year.

With little rain and lots of sun, the Southwest is hot and dry. Tribes there had to dig canals and grow tough crops like corn and beans that could survive in the dry soil.

Squash joined corn and beans as one of the Three Sisters crops. Eastern Woodlands tribes planted them together because the three plants helped each other grow.

True. The Northwest Coast has many rivers full of salmon and other fish, so fishing was the main way tribes there got food.

False. The Inuit lived in the frozen Arctic, where the ground is too cold for crops. They hunted seals, caribou, and fish instead of farming.

True. Adobe is a clay brick dried in the sun, and Southwest tribes stacked these bricks to build strong pueblo homes that kept families cool inside.