Earliest Americans
(Pages 1-5)
(Pages 1-5)
What is the Ice Age?
What were the Three Sisters crops the Southwest Natives primarily planted?
Corn, beans and squash
Midwest Native Americans lived on the ________ _________.
Great Plains
West Coast Natives used what kinds of natural resources?
Fish in the ocean and trees from the forests
The Eastern Woodland Natives had the same type of weather that we have today. Why?
We live in the Eastern Woodlands!
Another name for the land bridge that connected Asia to North America was...
Beringia
Southwest Natives built what to move water from rivers to their food crops?
Irrigation systems
The Midwest Natives hunted herds of ____________.
Buffalo (or bison)
West Coast Natives hunted animals including fish, beavers, deer and ____________.
Whales
For the Eastern Woodland Natives, summers were hot and winters were cold. Spring and fall were fantastic weather for _____________.
Farming
First humans followed herds (groups) of what animals back and forth across Beringia?
Mammoth and musk ox
What are the four main regions of the current United States?
West, Midwest, South, Northeast
Name 4 things buffalo parts were used for:
clothing, shelter, weapons, utensils
West Coast Natives used timber (wood cut from trees) to make their homes. These homes are called ______________.
Plank Houses
The Eastern Woodlands region can be divided into what 2 smaller regions?
Northeast and Southeast
Small groups of people who moved around in search of food were called...
hunter-gatherers
Southwest Natives often wore clothing made from...
Cotton
In order to follow herds of buffalo, Midwest Natives built portable homes called _______________.
Tepees
West Coast Natives traveled in water by using ____________.
Canoes
Eventually, European Americans wanted to take Native American land for their own ___________.
Farms
Scientists believe the first people lived in Africa. These first humans migrated, or moved, from Africa to which other continents?
Asia, North America, and South America
Southwest Natives lived in multi-level homes made from mud and clay called__________.
Pueblos
Midwest Natives wore clothing and moccasins made from ____________________.
Deerskin
Tall poles carved and decorated to tell stories of a tribe's history. They showed people or animals important to a tribe.
Name 2 reasons the Native American population went down after European settlers began living in America?
1. Natives and Europeans fought each other.
2. Natives died from diseases brought over by the Europeans
Describe 2 facts about pueblos:
1. They were made up mud and clay
2. They had more than one level (or story) and Southwest Natives made ladders to go from different levels.
What are irrigation systems?
Manmade canals that brought water to human crops and people.