unit 1 first americans student
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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 ageThe world was covered in glaciers or sheets of ice.
This caused ocean levels to
dropand expose
land.In the Bering straight a land bridge appeared connecting Siberia (Asia) & North America
This land bridge is known as Beringea.
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.
mammoths.
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
environmentin 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
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 & believes in many gods2. No one can own land.3. Only use what is needed (no waste) .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
South West
South EastCalifornia
North West Coast
Great BasinGreat Plains
Plateau North East
8 Cultural Regions
North West Coast Weather:long cold winterscool summersheavy rainfall
Natural Resources:ocean/beachesthick forests of fir, spruce, and cedarrugged mountainsseafood/salmondeer, moose, bear, elk, beaver, mountain goats
California Weather: rainy wintershot dry summers
Natural Resources:ocean/coastfoothillsvalley'sdesertsmountainsacorns, oak treesgrass, and plantsredwood trees
salmon/seafood/shellfishdeer, rabbits, ducks, roots berries, pine nuts
Great Basin Weather:little rainhot during the day cold at nightNatural Resources:
mostly dessertlow areas surrounded by mountains at the edgeswith valleys that had seasonal lakes and streams
plants that need little water likegrasses, 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
Plateau Weather:long cold winterscomfortable summers
Natural Resources:mountains with dense forests in areasflatter in the center with drier grass landsrivers
driftwood, mud, dirt,grass and sage brushfish, antelope, deer, seedsonions, carrots, camas roots, salmon
Great Plains Weather:cold winters hot summers
Natural Resources:mountains surrounding edgestreeless grasslands in the centereast more water and softer soilwest drier dense grass
Buffalo and smaller animals
South West
Weather:high temperatureslittle rain dry/arid
Natural Resources:mountains, canyonsdesserts, flat top mesasrivers, little water
clay, brightly colored plants, cottoncorn, beans, squash, peppers, rabbits
Eastern Woodlands
Weather:snowy winters , rain
Natural Resources:rivers, ocean/coastlots of lakes and streams
Forests, plants, maple trees, elm,
deer, bears, beavers, birds, fishcorn, sunflowers, tobacco, vegetables,nuts, berries
South East
Weather:long warm humid summersmild winters
Natural Resources:rivers, ocean/coastFertile coastal plainsmountains, swamps
Trees, clay, shells, corn, beans, squash, pumpkins, sunflowers, sweet potatoessquirrels, rabbits, turkeys, deer, alligators, turtles,wild rice, persimmons