Culture & Geography
What are the eight Native American Cultural Regions on the "Native American Cultural Regions" map?
What is Eastern Woodlands, Southeast, Great Plains, Plateau, Great Basin, Southwest, Pacific Northwest, and California.
What is colonization?
What is Colonization happens when people from one country or group settle in another land and establish control there.
What is the Bering Land Bridge Theory?
What is It is the theory that during the Ice Age, lower sea levels exposed land between Asia and North America, and some early people migrated across that area into the Americas.
Do Native American Nations still exist today?
What is Yes. Native American Nations and Indigenous communities continue to exist today with living cultures, communities, traditions, and governments.
What does it mean to compare two cultural regions?
What is It means to explain how the two regions are alike and how they are different.
How can climate influence culture?
What is Climate can affect the types of clothing people wear, foods they can grow or find, homes they build, and activities they do.
What were some effects of European colonization on Indigenous Americans?
What is Colonization caused major changes, including loss of land, the spread of diseases, warfare, forced movement, disruption of communities, and pressure to change languages, beliefs, and traditions.
What is the Coastal Route Theory?
What is It is the theory that some early people traveled along the Pacific coastline, possibly using boats and coastal resources, as they moved into the Americas.
What are some current issues Native American Nations may face today?
What is Issues vary by Nation, but examples can include protecting tribal sovereignty, preserving languages and cultures, protecting land and natural resources, access to services, economic opportunities, and addressing the effects of historical policies.
What environmental topics can you compare?
What is You can compare geography, climate, natural resources, plants, animals, and other features of the environment.
How can geography influence culture?
What is Geography affects where and how people live. Mountains, plains, forests, deserts, rivers, and coastlines can influence travel, housing, food, and daily life.
Did Indigenous cultures disappear because of colonization?
What is No. Indigenous peoples and Native American Nations continue to preserve, practice, and strengthen their cultures, languages, traditions, and governments today.
How are the Bering Land Bridge Theory and Coastal Route Theory similar?
What is Both are scientific explanations for how some early humans may have migrated into the Americas.
What resource should you review for current issues discussed in class?
What is Review the Cultural Atlas and the specific examples studied in class.
What cultural topics can you compare?
What is You can compare food, housing, societal norms, religious norms, clothing, artwork, storytelling, and current issues.
What are examples of landforms?
What is Examples include mountains, valleys, plains, plateaus, hills, canyons, and deserts.
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Why are they called scientific theories?
What is They are explanations based on evidence that scientists and archaeologists study and revise as new evidence is discovered.
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Why might two Native American cultural regions have different foods or housing?
What is Different regions have different climates, landforms, plants, animals, and natural resources. People adapted their ways of living to their environments.
What is the cultural iceberg model?
What is The cultural iceberg model shows that some parts of culture are easy to see, while many important parts are hidden below the surface.
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What is a strong way to answer a compare-and-contrast question?
What is Name both regions, explain at least one similarity and one difference, and support your answer with specific examples from the Cultural Atlas or class materials.