ðđ CATEGORY 1: FIRST AMERICANS
These were the first people to live in North America.
The First Americans.
Archaeologists study these objects left behind by people in the past.
Artifacts.
Algonquin families lived in these portable homes.
Wigwams
This was the cone-shaped or rounded home used by many Algonquin families.
A wigwam
The Iroquois lived in these large homes that could house several families.
Longhouses
First Americans that moved from place to place to find food, water, and shelter.
Migration
An archaeologist might find this object to learn what people used for hunting.
A spear
Algonquin people used these boats to travel on rivers and lakes.
Canoes
These were used to help Algonquin people travel across waterways.
Canoes
The Iroquois lived in this region of what is now New York State.
The Northeast/Woodlands region?
First Americans that hunted animals and gathered plants to survive.
Hunting and Gathering
Archaeologists carefully dig through this to uncover artifacts.
Soil/Earth
Algonquin people moved during different seasons to find food and resources.
Seasonal migration/movement
Algonquin people depended on the environment for these things.
Food, water, shelter, and materials
The Iroquois depended on farming, hunting, and gathering for these.
Food and Resources
This huge period of freezing temperatures occurred thousands of years ago.
Ice Age
If you found pieces of wood shaped into paddles, what might you infer people used them for?
Canoeing/Traveling by Canoe
During this season, Algonquin people could hunt and gather certain foods as they became available.
Spring
If a community lived near a river, what resource would be especially useful for transportation and obtaining food?
Water/The River
This was an important crop grown by the Iroquois.
Corn
During the Ice Age, people could travel across this land bridge connecting Asia and North America.
Beringia
Why are artifacts important to archaeologists?
They provide clues about how people lived in the past
Why did the Algonquins change where they lived during different seasons?
To find food and use the resources available during each season
Why did Native American groups develop different ways of living?
They adapted to the environment and resources where they lived
What is one major difference between an Algonquin wigwam and an Iroquois longhouse?
Wigwams were smaller homes for families, while longhouses were much larger and could house several families