Geography

** Your group is in charge of identifying the Geography of the South West Native Americans. Use these questions to guide your research. ** 1. What are the major tribes & their locations in this region?
 * One of the many tribes is Conanche.
 * Some Native American tribes are, Hopi, Yuma, Anasazi, and Navajo.
 * Some more tribes are the Pima, Apache, Yuma, Aywa, and Zuni.

2. Explain the topography in this region. (Major land forms) 3. What is the climate of this region? 4. How does the topography & climate influence the tribes in your region?
 * In their topography region they had cliffs,mountains,hills,rocks,it's grassy and dusty.
 * There lot's of rocky mountains and canyons including what is now the Grand Canyon.
 * This region also has deserts, hills, valleys, cliffs, masons, oases.
 * Mesa are one of the major land forms.
 * There are some creaks and steams.
 * In the day it is hot, in the night it is cool.
 * It does not rain that often.
 * It is sunny and airid.
 * ===It's very dry and humid===
 * The winds would blow sand in there eyes.
 * Rocky areas made it hard to walk on.
 * They built their houses under overhanging rocks which gave them shade and protection from attacks.
 * The rocks on the hills made them hard to climb.
 * It made it easier to grow crops because they could put the crops above the village on top of the out cropping of rock and the hill.
 * Food was scarce alot so they went hungery.

5. Complete a map of this region and include the following:

a. Region you are covering  b. Topography of the region  <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">c. Major tribes in the region <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">