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The Earliest Americans. EQ: How did people come to populate all the varied regions of the Americas?. Key Vocabulary. Migration: A __________ of people or animals from one region to another. Hunter-gathers: People who hunted _________ and gathered ________ for food.
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The Earliest Americans EQ: How did people come to populate all the varied regions of the Americas?
Key Vocabulary • Migration: A __________ of people or animals from one region to another. • Hunter-gathers: People who hunted _________ and gathered ________ for food. • Culture: A group’s set of common values and traditions, including ___________, ___________, and the ______________. • Indigenous: _____________ to the land.
Where did Native Americans Come From? • Many ideas and theories but the most common is . . . • ____________ crossed the ______________ from Asia to present-day Alaska • Paleo-Indians and their descendants moved into present-day Canada, the United States, ______________, and ________________.
Early Native Americans • Early peoples in the Americas were _________________, who hunted animals and gathered wild plants. • Different ______________ influenced the development of Native American societies: groups that share a common culture.
Early Mesoamerican Civilization • Mesoamerican- • Meso means __________, the region that stretches from central _________ to present day _____________. • Developed around 1200 BC in Mesoamerica • Known for use of stone in architecture and built the first pyramids in the Americas • Civilization ended around 400 BC _______ • Developed after the Olmec • By AD 200, were building large cities • Created great pyramids, temples, palaces, and bridges • Civilization ended around AD 900 _______
Aztec and Inca • Conquered central ___________ • Founded capital city, ___________, in AD 1325; it became the greatest city in the Americas and one of the world’s __________ cities. • By the early 1500s they ruled the most powerful state in Mesoamerica. Aztec • Began as a small tribe in the __________ Mountains in South America • Capital city was _________. • By the 1500s, the empire stretched along much of the western South American coast. • Known for a strong ________________, their _________________, and their _________ Inca
Native American Culture EQ: What Cultural regions can be found in North America?
Key Vocabulary • Pueblos: Aboveground houses made of a heavy __________ called _________. • Matrilineal: People trace their ancestry through their __________, not their ___________. • Slash and Burn: A method in which trees and brush are _____________ to clear land for fields and villages. • Artifact: An __________ that gives clues to the culture from which it comes.
The Anasazi • An early farm culture in the _________. • Grew _______, beans, and __________ • Developed __________ methods • Lived in __________, aboveground houses made of heavy clay called adobe • Built ____________, underground _____________, for religious ceremonies
Mound Building Cultures • Lived in _____________, ________, and lower _______________ river valleys • Supported population with agriculture and trade • Built large burial mounds to honor the dead Hopewell • Built hundreds of mounds topped with __________ for _____________ ceremonies Mississippian • Developed throughout ____________ North America • Cultures declined and by the 1700s, no longer existed Others
North and Northwest Culture Areas • __________ • Carved images of _______, ancestor or animal spirits, on tall, wooden poles • Held feasts called __________ • Thrived on abundant game animals, fish, and wild plants • _______ • Inuit people in present-day _________ and ____________ • _______ and hunted large mammals • _________ • Dorgrib and Montagnais peoples • Hunters followed migrating __________. • People lived in ________________________ made of animal skins.
_____________ Many food sources, such as acorns, fish, and deer People lived in isolated family groups of 50 to 300. More than _______ different languages were spoken. Groups included the ________, ________, and _________ peoples. ______________ Dry climate Groups included the _________, ________, and _________. The _________ irrigated land to grow crops. The _________ and _______ hunted game and raided the villages of other groups. West and Southwest Culture Areas
________________ Stretched from Canada to Texas and from the Mississippi Valley to the Rocky Mountains Mainly grasslands, with game such as buffalo Used buffalo skins for shields, clothing, and coverings for ___________, cone-shaped shelters _____________ societies that traced ancestry through their mothers, not their fathers Groups included the ______, ________, Arapaho, Blackfoot, and Comanche. _____________________ Region rich in sources of food and shelter Southeastern groups, such as the Cherokee and Creek, lived in farming villages. The ___________ and ________ were the main groups in the Northeast. The Iroquois formed the _______________, a confederation that waged war against non-Iroquois peoples. Great Plains and Eastern Culture Areas
Native American Beliefs • Shared religious beliefs • Religion linked to ___________ • Spiritual forces were ____________– even in _________ and ______________. • Shared beliefs about __________ • Individual ownership applied only to the ___________ one grew. • Land was for the use of ______________ in the village. • Believed they should ____________ the land for future generations • Despite shared beliefs, Native Americans on the North American continent were independent culture groups and did not form large empires.
NorthCarolina Native Americans • ____________ lived in our area and a small eastern area. They include the Cherokee, the Tuscarora, and the Kanuga • ________ of the Piedmont. Catawba, etc. • _____________ of the Outer Banks and the first that would come into contact with Europeans; the Hatteras, the Roanoke, etc.
