Early Indigenous Cultures
The areas of North America where Native Americans first settled.
What are cultural regions?
The definition of First Contact.
What is a phrase used to describe the first meeting of two communities?
True or False: All interactions between Europeans and Native Americans were violent.
What is false? Some interactions were peaceful and/or trade-based.
Thousands of years ago, Native Americans are believed to have traveled to North America across this land feature.
What is the Bering Land Bridge? (Or Beringia)
The country that Columbus mistakenly thought North America was.
What is India?
A reason why Indigenous population numbers might have been so low after Europeans arrived (aside from murder).
What is: Indigenous racial identity categories may have been removed?
The names of TWO Indigenous cultural regions.
What are Arctic, Subarctic, Northwest Coast, Plateau, California, Great Basin, Great Plains, Southwest, Southeast, Eastern Woodlands?
Two reasons that Christopher Columbus originally set sail from Spain.
What are: finding a better trade route to Asia, finding gold, claiming land for Spain, and spreading Catholicism?
One of the most famous Native American military victories, a battle fought by the Sioux tribe in the South Dakota Black Hills.
What is the Battle of Little Bighorn?
These materials were used by Native Americans to make clothing.
What are animal hides, fur, plant materials, and/or cotton?
How Europeans were legally allowed to claim land.
What is: the Catholic Pope passed a law (called a papal bull)?
The name of one of the first tribes met by Europeans, whose people still persist today.
Who are the Taino people?
The cultural region where the American Indians wore fur, lived in cone-shaped teepees made of bark, and hunted game.
What are the Eastern Woodlands?
The author of the book The Devastation of the Indies: A Brief Account.
Who is Las Casas? (Bartolomé de Las Casas)
The name of the general who led the attack on the Sioux tribe during the famous battle.
Who is General Custer?