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America In The
BeginningWho were
the first
Americans?
How and
why did they
come here?
30,000 years ago
During a period of
low temperatures
called an ice age
The world was
covered in
______glaciers___
or sheets of ice.
This caused
ocean levels to
___drop_____
and expose
________land __.
In the Bering
straight a
______land
bridge_________
appeared
connecting
__Siberia(asia)___
__________&
_______________
This land bridge
is known as
____Beringia___
___.
Animals like
mammoths
crossed the
bridge or
___migrated____
____ to the
America's.
Hunter's in Asia
who moved from
place to place to
find food or
______nomads____
___ followed the
mammoths and
spread out or
_____migrate_____
_ to the America's
The ice age
ended
_______warming
_____ up glaciers
causing water
levels to
_rise_________
covering up the
__land
bridge_______
________.
Some animals
died off like
_______mamoths
_____.
Living in many
different parts of the
Americas the
Natives needed to
adjust or
_____adapt____ to
every thing in the
new surrounds that
made up each of
their own
____environment___
______
in order to
______survive____.
What
happened
when they
came to
America?
How did they
meet their new
needs?
America In The
Beginning
America In The
Beginning
Living in many different
parts of the Americas
the Natives used the
different natural
___resources________
in their own different
environments for food,
clothing, and shelter.
Different groups in
different
environments
developed their own
beliefs and ways of
life or
_______________.
Groups in the same
environments
adapted similar life
styles, and language
creating _______
_________.
Many Native
American have these
things in common.
1. Nature has a
________.
2. No one can own
__________.
4. Only use what is
__________.
5. __________ was
important to most
societies
How did
Native
Americans
adjust to the
new
environments
?
What did they
have in
common?
8 Cultural
Regions
North West Coast
California
Plateau
Great Basin
South West
Great Plains
Eastern
Woodlands
South East
8 Cultural Regions
North West CoastWeather:
long cold winters
cool summers
heavy rainfall
Natural Resources:
ocean/beaches
thick forests of fir,
spruce, and cedar
rugged mountains
seafood/salmon
deer, moose, bear, elk,
beaver, mountain goats
Culture:
Tools:
Used cedar canoes to hunt
Fenced in salmon laying eggs
used cedar to make rope, mats and
baskets, shell needles
used wedges, sledge hammers,
drills, and knifes to carve wooden masks
Clothing:
Cedar water proof clothing like capes
with decorative shell buttons
Shelter: lived near the coast
cedar Long Houses with cedar bark roofs
CaliforniaWeather:
rainy winters
hot dry summers
Natural Resources:
ocean/coast
foothills
valley's
deserts
mountains
acorns, oak trees
grass, and plants
redwood trees
salmon/seafood/shellfish
deer, rabbits, ducks,
roots berries, pine nuts
Culture:
Tools
Used Bows& arrows,
snares, and nets
used cooking stones
to heat acorn meal
tools from antlers
Clothing: grass/leather aprons and skirts
Shelter: Cone shaped made of redwood
bark, pole, and reeds woven into mats
Great BasinWeather:
little rain
hot during the day
cold at night
Natural Resources:
mostly dessert
low areas surrounded by
mountains at the edges
with valleys that had
seasonal lakes and streams
plants that need little water like
grasses, sagebrush, pinon trees,
at the outer edges pine trees, and willow
small animals rabbits, lizards,
grasshoppers, snakes
sometimes ducks , duck eggs during certain
seasons
seeds,berries pine nuts, roots, cattail
Culture:
Tools: water baskets sealed with tree sap.
Floating duck decoys, nets, sharp sticks, flat
baskets for catching seeds
Clothing: rabbit robes in winter
Shelter: Nomadic temporary cone shelters of
willow, brush and reeds
PlateauWeather:
long cold winters
comfortable summers
Natural Resources:
mountains with
dense forests in areas
flatter in the center with
drier grass lands
rivers
driftwood, mud, dirt,
grass and sage brush
fish, antelope, deer, seeds
onions, carrots, camas roots,
salmon
Culture:
Tools: woven baskets, willow digging sticks,
wooden fishing platforms, nets, and spears
for salmon
Clothing: antelope and deer hides leggings,
dresses and skirts, woven hats, seed and
shell designs
Shelter: near rivers, partly under ground out
of driftwood, mud, sap, and reeds
Great PlainsWeather:
cold winters
hot summers
Natural Resources:
mountains surrounding edges
treeless grasslands in the
center
east more water and softer
soil
west drier dense grass
Buffalo and smaller animals
Tools: bow made of buffalo tendon, arrows,
V shaped stone trap, fire, bone knives,
shields,
Clothing: Buffalo robes and hides
Shelter: Houses called tipis (plains word for
dwelling)
South WestWeather:
high temperatures
little rain
dry/arid
Natural Resources:
mountains, canyons
desserts, flat top mesas
rivers, little water
clay, brightly colored plants, cotton
corn, beans, squash, peppers,
rabbits
Houses: made of bricks of adobe(sun baked
clay). Up to 4 stories and had hundreds of
rooms.
Clothes: made of cotton. Using plants to
dyed the fabric
Tools: Lived in flooded areas. Men dug
irrigation ditches, and dams to hold summer
rain.
Women were grinding corn kernels into
cornmeal. They used clay pots to cook chili
pepper stews
Eastern WoodlandsWeather:
snowy winters , rain
Natural Resources:
rivers, ocean/coast
lots of lakes and streams
Forests, plants,
maple trees, elm,
deer, bears, beavers, birds, fish
corn, sunflowers, tobacco,
vegetables,
nuts, berries
House: Long house sturdy, log-framed houses covered with elm bark, about 20 feet wide
and over 100 feet long. Several related families live in sections of the house.
clothing: Skirts, capes, and moccasins made of deer skins.
tools: Ground corn with wooden sticks , used wooden canoes, speared fish.
For farming land, men burnt small sections of trees and underbrush. Women used hoes for
planting. Made maple syrup and wooden storage canisters.
South EastWeather:
long warm humid summers
mild winters
Natural Resources:
rivers, ocean/coast
Fertile coastal plains
mountains,
swamps
Trees, clay, shells,
corn, beans, squash,
pumpkins,
sunflowers, sweet potatoes
squirrels, rabbits, turkeys,
deer, alligators, turtles,
wild rice, persimmons
Houses: made from strips of young trees woven
into a rectangular frame, then plastered with clay.
These houses had pointed roofs made of leaves.
Towns included many mounds which as burial
sights and used as platforms for temples.
clothing: made of deer skin. Jewelry made of
stones, shells, feathers, pearls, bones, and clay.
Tools: used hoes made of stone, shell or animal
shoulder blades. Hunted using small blow guns,
bows and arrows.
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