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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
___The
Americas_______
_____& 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
_______migrated__
__ 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
__mammoth____
______.
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
______environments
_____
in order to
______survive____.
What
happened
when they
came to
America?
How did they
meet their new
needs?
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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
______culture_______
__. Groups in the
same environments
adapted similar life
styles, and language
creating cultural
region____
_________.
Many Native
American have these
things in common.
1. Nature has a spirit
& believe in many
gods________.
2. No one can own
land__________.
4. Only use what is
needed (no
waste)__________.
5. Trade 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
Used cedar canoes to huntFenced in salmon laying eggsused cedar to make rope, mats and basketsshell needles used wedges, sledge hammers, drills, and knifes to carve wooden masks
Clothing:Cedar water proof clothing like capes withdecorative shell buttons
Shelter: lived near the coastCedar 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
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
Tools: water baskets sealed with tree sapFloating 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
Tools: water baskets sealed with tree sapFloating 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
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: 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
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
Large thick walled houses made of bricks of adobe(sun baked clay). Up to 4 stories and had hundreds of rooms. Called pueblos.
Clothes were made of cotton that they grew. Using plants and minerals, they dyed the fabric
Lived near naturally flooded areas. Men dug irrigation ditches, and also built dams to hold summer rain.
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
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.
Skirts, capes, and moccasins were made out of deer skins.Women ground corn with wooden sticks .
Men often paddled on the rivers and streams in log and bark canoes . They trapped beavers, hunted deer, bear, caught birds, and speared fish.
For farming land, men burnt small sections
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 were 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, first mounds were burial sights, but others were larger, and used as platforms for temples. It took many months, even