Origins
What was the big change in climate that helped the native Americans live in North America?
Melting of the ice
What was the Inuit's main source of food?
Meat
What was the main source of food for the Northwestern people discussed in class?
Fish
What were the summers like in the Great Basin?
Hot and Dry
What was the name of the land bridge between Russia and Alaska?
Beringia
What animals did the Inuit follow in the summer months?
Caribou (reindeer)
What did these people create to tell the story of their family or tribe?
Totem Pole
What were corrals used for by the people of the Great Basin?
As the climate warmed in North America and people began settling in areas, what were the native Americans able to begin doing?
Farming
What is the name of the environment that the Inuit lived in?
Tundra
What environment did the people of the Northwest live in?
Forest
What kind of nuts did the people of the Great Basin eat?
Pine Nuts
What giant animal did the native Americans hunt in north America as the ice age was ending
Mastodon
(a large prehistoric animal similar to an elephant and a mammoth)
What did the Inuit use tendons for?
Rope
What were Shamans a link between?
The physical and spiritual world
Where were the people of the Great Basin located?
Giant ice sheets
What 2 kinds of plants did the Inuits use for food?
Seaweed and grass
What did the northwest native american's clothing show about them to others in their village?
status and wealth
Name 4 animals listed in the ppt or reading that the people of the Great Basin ate for food
Deer, rabbits, lizards and insects