≈30,000+ Years Ago
A strip of land connecting Alaska with Russia that emerged from underwater around 38,000 BC
What is Bering Land Bridge?
Nation in central Mexico that was known for their superior military ability in the 14th through 16th centuries
Capital: Tenochtitlan
What is Aztec?
Original settlers vs. those who later settled/colonized the area, also known as: First Peoples, First Nation, Natives
What is Indigenous?
Native American group spanning across present day New York State. Formed an alliance of six tribes: Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca, Mohawk, Oneida, and Tuscarora
What is the Haudenosaunee?
the bringing into existence of the universe (Usually considered to be the act of God)
What is Creation?
A person who hunts animals and gathers wild plants to provide for their needs
What is hunter-gatherers?
Civilization located in Central America on the Gulf of Mexico that developed around 1200 BC, known for massive stone head sculptures
Earliest known civilization
What is Olmec?
Images of ancestors or animal spirits; Carved onto tall, wooden poles by Native American peoples of the Pacific Northwest
What is Totems?
A traditional communal dwelling of many Indigenous peoples living in Northeastern North America
What is Longhouse?
moving from one place to another rather than living in one place all of the time
What is nomadic?
The movement of peoples from one region to another
What is Migration?
Nation located in Central America that began building large cities in around 200 AD and collapsed in the 900s
What is Maya?
To sit/to not migrate
ex) When groups stayed in permanent settlements
What is Sedentary?
3 main crops of the Indigenous people of North America- Corn, Beans, Squash
What is the 3 Sisters?
The region that the Haudenosaunee lived in
What is Northeast or Eastern Woodlands?
The first people who migrated across the Bering Land Bridge from Asia to present day Alaska
Nation located in the Andes Mountains in Western South America that expanded their empire throughout the 1400s
What is Inca?
League/alliance formed for a common purpose usually related to politics, trade, or common values/goals
Related to ancestry traced through the maternal, or mother’s line
What is Matrilineal?
Animal central to the Haudenosaunee Creation Story
What is Turtle?
The common values and traditions of a society, such as language, government, and family relationships
What is Culture?
A high ranking person distributing gifts to a large number of guests
What is potlatch?
The largest nation that is a part of the Iroquois Confederacy and is located throughout Central and Western New York
What is Seneca?
The main reason in which the Haudenosaunee created a confederacy