Moving from one place to another while searching for food
nomadic
Began planting gardens, built permanent dwellings, traded with other tribes
Which First American region do we live in?
Eastern Woodlands
Dwellings
This used to connect North America and Northern Russia
Frozen Land bridge
Climate gradually became warmer and ice began to melt, flooding the coasts. Forests began to grow.
Archaic Period
These 3 crops grown were known as the '3 sisters'
Bean, corn, squash
Along Pacific Ocean coast, backed by Rocky Mountains, a lot of rain, large trees
Pacific Northwest
Ice Age, frozen glaciers, woolly mammoths, nomadic living
Paleo Period
The US government's structure was modeled off of what?
The way First Americans governed their tribes (elected leaders)
Dry, little rain, sandy soil, adobe dwellings made of clay
Desert Southwest
nomadic living, bow and arrows used to hunt instead of spears
Woodland Period
Give an example of something that represents First American culture. This could be an item, an event, a tradition, etc.
Answers will vary
Grasslands with little trees, fertile soil, buffalo roamed
Plains
What is culture?
Way of living
What ended nomadic living?
farming
Explain one example of how First Americans contributed to society
Answers vary
Eastern Woodlands