Land Migration of early peoples.
The small strip of land used to migrate from Asia to the Americas
The Bering Land Bridge
The earliest known civilization in Meso-America
Olmecs
Above ground houses made of a heavy clay called adobe
Pueblos
This culture area is a massive dry region that stretches south from Canada into Texas
The Great Plains
Name the Three Sisters
Corn, Beans, Squash
What was the name of the indigenous group that migrated to the Americas using the Bering Land Bridge?
Paleo-Indians
Which tribe was known as a warrior tribe?
Aztecs
The Anasazi grew these 3 crops
Maize, beans, squash
This culture area was home to the Iroquois
The Northeast
Describe the term matrilineal
Tracing your roots/ancestry through the mother and not father
What happened the Bering Land Bridge?
It disappeared at the end of the Ice Age (ice melted and sea levels rose)
Which civilization was originally located in the Andes Mountains
Incas
Kivas were used for this purpose
Religious Ceremonies
A cold region where the people relied on dogs for jobs like hunting and pulling sleds
The North
What are potlatches?
Potlatches were feasts that many wealthy people participated in and they gave away belongings. This feast raised the social status of the host.
What types of animals did Paleo-Indians hunt?
Buffalo and Deer
Which civilization created an advanced water canal system?
Mayans
The name of the region where New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona and Utah meet
Four Corners Region
What two tribes were located in the Arctic?
Inuit and Aluet
Name all of the tribes in the Iroquois League
Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca.
What led and guided the Paleo-Indians across the Bering Land Bridge
Animal Herds
This technique was used for keeping track of records in knotted strings in substitute for the non-existent written language.
Quipu
Name one mound building community
Hopewell or Mississippian
Name all the Native American Culture Areas
Arctic, Subarctic, Northwest Coast, Southeast, California, Northeast, Southwest, Plateau, Great basin, Great Plains
OR
North and Northwest, West and Southwest, Great Plains, Northeast and Southeast
How did the geography and climate influence the way that Native Americans lived?
Geography influenced the way the Native Americans lived because they all had different resources to use depending which region they were in. Each tribe had to adapt to their climate and lived in different ways because of their geography and their climates.