Early Societies
True or False: The earliest people in North America were hunter-gathers.
True
Ancestor or animal spirits of the Native Americans of the Pacific Northwest
Totems
What may have caused the Anasazi people to abandon their villages after living in them for hundreds of years?
Drought, disease, or raids by other tribes
How did the Native Americans from the far north ( Alaska & Canada) survive?
They survived by hunting and fishing
How many different Native American languages were spoken?
About 300
What did the people in the Southwestern part of North America grow?
Maize
Cone-shaped shelters made of animal hides by the nomadic plains people
Teepees
Why did the Anasazi often build complex houses on cliff walls?
Because the wanted to defend against attacks.
How did the people of the Pacific and the Sierra Nevada Mountains provide for their families?
They hunted, fished and gathered plants
What were some similarities among Native American cultures?
Their religion was linked to nature and they believed the land was for use of everyone.
What did the Anasazi do to increase food production in the dry climate?
Irrigation
Matrilineal
How would drought force the Anasazi from their homes?
Because they would have no water for their crops.
How did the Native Americans of the Great Plains suvive?
They survived on wildlife of the grasslands
How many original languages were spoken among the Native Americans?
There were 29 original languages
That is the name of an above ground house made of heavy clay called adobe?
Pueblo
an alliance of Native Americans in northeastern North America
Iroquois League
What part of North America did the Anasazi live?
The southwestern part
Which people formed nomadic groups and survived by hunt, foraging, or raiding other villages?
True or False: Language played a small part in cultural diversity of Native Americans.
False: Language played an important part in the cultural diversity of Native Americans
What were the sacred areas the Anasazi built in the center of their community?
Kivas
One of the earliest people groups responsible for growing maize, using irrigation and building pueblos
Anasazi
What kind of houses did the Anasazi live in before they build pueblos?
They lived in pit houses dug into the ground
Which people group from the Great Planes had a matrilineal ( tracing ancestors through mothers)society?
Pawnee
What was the significance of the characters carved on totem poles?
They were representations of animal or ancestor spirits that had religious or spiritual significance.