The Southeast

By John, Rylee, and Kyle

Physical Features

• The southeast has many landforms like swamps, a peninsula, gulf, sea, forest, and plains.

Shelter

•The tribes that lived in the southeast shelters are mounds and longhouses.

Natural Resources Fish Alligator Snake Deer Palm trees Saw palmetto Oak Cypress Saw grass

Clothing Skin from animals Men wore breech clothes In the winter they added deer skin shirts,

legging, and moccasins Sometimes the clothes were beaded in

beautiful colors

Southeast tribes• Creek• Cherokee• Seminole• Matchez• Choctaw• Powhatan• Chickasaw• Natchez• Yuchi This is a chief of the Creek tribe. • Tuscarora

Climate The southeast is usually damp, wet,

an occasionally hot. Near the east coast it is humid.

Food in the SoutheastThe tribes were known as well farmers. They grew corn, gourds, tobacco, beans, sweet potatoes, and squash. The tribes also gathered nuts and berries from nearby forests. Some tribes hunted deer, and fished as well.