Ancient American Civilizations
What continent did the first people come from to North and South America?
Asia
What is a hunter-gatherer?
Someone that travelled to hunt and gather food
What does it mean to adapt?
to change
what is an economy?
system by which a group makes, shares, and uses goods
Were cultures different among Native American groups across North America?
yes
What does migrate mean?
to travel
List 3 items a hunter-gatherer would have gotten
wild animals, fish, insects, fruits, seeds, roots
What are 2 resources Native Americans used when building canoes?
trees
fire
tools from bones
What are 2 resources that were used to build teepees?
animal hide
trees
What does it mean to be a nomad?
someone who moved often to search for food
What did people cross over to get to North America?
Bering Strait/Berengia
What is the system called that brought water to dry fields?
irrigation
What was one of the most important animals that the Native Americans in the Plains depended on?
bison
Did certain groups of Native Americans depend on the sea? How so?
caught fish, whales, and seals to provide tools, food, and clothing.
List 2 roles children had in Native American culture
boys spent time alone in wilderness
girls gathered food
both learned from storytellers
children played games
Why did people migrate to North and South America?
In search of food
What eventually allowed people to say in one place year-round?
agriculture
list 3 things Native Americans could have used from the bison and what for.
skin/fur for clothing, housing
bones for tools
meat for food
List 2 reasons why Native Americans set fires in forests or grasslands?
list 3 roles men had in Native American cultures
hunted
fished
clear fields for planting
protecting the community
travelled from the village on trading missions
What is a culture? Once settled, did everyone's cultures remain the same? Why or why not.
Set of beliefs and way of life that is special to a certain group. No, they didn't remain the same because they adapted to the land where they lived.
What made up a civilization?
Growing settlements that formed governments, developed religions, systems of learning and passing on knowledge
List 4 resources Native Americans used to survive off the land
water
trees
bison
plants
sea life
They traded good with the Spanish explorers for horses
list 4 things women did in Native American cultures
caring for children
made clothing
preparing and sewing bison skins
took down teepees and put them up