t_ Take-Home Review Activity 1 THE FIRST AMERICANS Small groups of people migrated from Asia to North, Central, and South America thousands of years ago. These early Americans have had an impact on our culture today. All of these societies contributed to our present-day understanding of subjects such as science, astronomy, math, and communication. Reviewing Chapter 1 The First Americans, Prehistory to 1492 • Called Native Americans • Crossed a land bridge that connected Siberia in Asia to present-day Alaska and spread throughout North, Central, and South America • Adapted to their surroundings by hunting and gathering for food, fishing, using resources of the land and sea, and building shelters The Powerful Native American Empires of South and Central America • Maya-built cities with ceremonial pyramids and created a calendar • Aztec-built the largest city in the Americas, Tenochtitlan, and established a military empire • Inca-cut terraces into steep mountain slopes so that crops could be planted The Influential Early Native American Cultures of North America • Hohokam-developed irrigation system for farming • Anasazi-created pueblos and cliff dwellings in which to live • Adena, Hopewell, Cahokia-created buri.almounds in the shape of birds, bears, and snakes • Inuit-built igloos to help them survive cold Arctic climate • Tlingit, Haida, Chinook-used resources of the forest and sea to survive • Nez Perce, Yakima-fished for salmon and ate camas plants • Ute, Shoshone-traveled to find food and lived in temporary shelters • Hopi, Acoma, Zuni-lived in homes made of adobe • Apache, Navajo-hunted buffalo • Dakota-used horses for defense and to hunt • Iroquois, Cherokee-lived by formal law codes and formed federations • Creek, Chickasaw, Cherokee-farmed the region of the Southeast The American Journey (continued) 1