Early Inhabitants
Scholars believe that the first inhabitants came from this region in Asia
What is Siberia?
Temperatures rose over the years, causing this to melt
What is the Polar Ice?
One of the 3 most important crops that early people to plant and grow
The Mississippians were influenced by the great cultures of this area
What is Mexico?
The Great Plains people lived between these 2 geographic landmarks
What are the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River?
This theory states that early people arrived here on foot
What is the Land Bridge theory?
Paleo-Indians moved from hunting large mammals to this...also a relaxing past time activity!
What is fishing?
Early people used these 3 things to create calendars
What are the Sun, Moon, and Stars?
The Mississippians built towns around these 2 central structures
What are Plazas and Pyramids?
Thanks to lots of grasslands, this type of animal was abundant for the Great Plains people
What are Bison?
What is hunting?
New food sources led to this type of growth
What is Population growth?
By 1800 B.C., this 2-word term became common in 3 places: American Southwest, Midwest, and Southeast
What is Crop Cultivation?
These 2 features, thanks to access to 4 rivers, gave the Mississippians a big advantage
What is Fertile Soil and Trade Connections?
This type of mobile home was popular among the Great Plains people
What is a Tepee?
Some of the large animals that were hunted by early people were mammoths, mastadons, and this cousin to buffalos
What is the Giant Bison?
It is believed that early American Indians came to speak this many languages
What is 375?
These are 3 things people of the Southwest needed to build to collect water
What are Ponds, Dams, and Ditches?
Hunger led to these 2 events for the Mississippians
What are Disease and Fighting?
Name 3 of the items that these nomads traded with villagers
What are bison meat, bison hides, maize, beans, squashes, turquoise, pottery, and cotton blankets?
This other theory believes that early people arrived here by boats, not by walking
What is the Coastal Route theory?
Larger groups of American Indians, subdivided into smaller groups with this type of leader
What is a Chief?
The Hohokams built more than 500 miles of this type of water collection system
What are Irrigation Canals?
This type of animal we see in our area was an animal that was hunted by early people
What are Deer?
Great Plains people clashed with people called this
Who are the Apaches?