How the people of a civilization made, traded, bought and sold goods and resources
E is for economy
their most important resource
buffalo
Used this for hunting
wood spears and arrows with sharpened stones
lived in this area
great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean
The frozen land bridge the first natives used to come to the Americas
Beringia
Where the civilization was located and how the environment affected it
G is for geography
Plains Indians lived in this area of North America
great plains between the Great lakes and the rocky mountains
made these to preserve food
clay pots
lived in this type of home that housed entire families
longhouse
The name for hunter-gathers who hunted food by moving from place to place
nomads
Their beliefs, gods, religious practices, and spiritual ideals
R is for religion
lived in this type of house, used because of a lack of resources
tee pee
Name one of the two areas we talked about where the Paleo Indians lived
Ohio River Valley and Southwest US
carved this out of logs
canoes
known as the three sisters
corn, squash, and beans
Important inventions, discoveries, buildings, art, writing, or other accomplishments
A is for achievements
received this from the Spanish, which helped them hunt buffalo
horses
lived in homes made of sticks, bark, and willows that were this shape
cone
became the leader of the group unified to defend against other nations
Hiawatha
believing in many gods
polythestic
How the people are organized into classes, roles of different groups, and family structures
S is for Social Structure
A unique way they hunted buffalo
drove them off cliffs
often buried their dead in these
large burial mounds
the group formed to share resources and unite against other nations
Iroquois Confederation
the belief that everything has a soul
animism