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_______the

americas____&

_______________

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 ___land

bridge_______

covering up the

___mammoths__

____ ________.

Some animals

died off like

____________.

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

________environme

nts survivr_____

in order to

__________.

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

________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_____.

2. No one can own

__land________.

4. Only use what is

___needed_______.

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

Califronia

West coast

Northwest Coast

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SouthWest

NorthEast

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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 Natural

Resources Ocean

Beaches Thick Woods

Of Fur Spruce And

Cedar Rugged

Mountains SeaFood

Salmon Deer Moose

Bear Elk

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

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

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

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

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

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

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