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How did American Indian groups of the southwest adapt to the warm climate?

• They survived by fishing and hunting; they constructed igloos from loose bark and animal hides.

• They established trade with groups that lived in cooler climates; they constructed large homes from trees.

• They hunted the roaming buffalo; they constructed tepees from prairie grass and animal hides.

• The cultivated maize, beans, and squash; they constructed large complexes from adobe bricks.