America In The Beginning Who 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 glacier_. or sheets of ice. This caused ocean levels to _____drop___ and expose _____land_____. In the Bering straight a _______land bridge________ appeared connecting _________Asia & America______. _______________ This land bridge is known as _____beringia___ __. Animals like mammoths crossed the bridge or _____migrated__ ____ to the America's.
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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 glacier_.
or sheets of ice.
This caused
ocean levels to
_____drop___
and expose
_____land_____.
In the Bering
straight a
_______land
bridge________
appeared
connecting
_________Asia &
America______.
_______________
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
_______environment
s______
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
& believed in many
gods_______.
2. No one can own
_____land_____.
3. Only use what is
_____needed_____.
4. ____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 hunt
Fenced in salmon laying eggs
used cedar to make rope, mats and baskets
shell needles
used 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
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: 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 animalsCulture:
Tools: bow made of buffalo tendon, arrows, V shaped stone trap, fire, bone knives, shields,
Clothing: Buffalo robes and hides
Shelter: Houses called tipis
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, rabbi
ts
Large thick walled houses made of bricks of adobe(sun baked clay). Up to 4 stories and had hundreds of rooms., it’s a Pueblo.
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.
Women spend most the day grinding corn kernels into cornmeal. They used clay pots to cook 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
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 of trees and underbrush. Women did the hoeing and planting. They planted many different types of corn,
beans and squash. 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 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 years, to build these
mounds, because they moved the dirt 1 basket full at a time.
Simple clothing was made of deer skin. Jewelry made of
stones, shells, feathers, pearls, bones, and clay.
Women used hoes made of stone, shell or animal shoulder
blades. Men hunted using small blow guns, and bows and
