unit 1 first americans student a 4
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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
____Siberia the
_______the
Americans ____&
_______________
This land bridge is
known as
__________.
Animals like
mammoths
crossed the bridge
or ___________ to
the America's.
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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
_______mammot
hs_____.
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?
America In The
Beginning
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America In The
Beginning
Living in many different
parts of the Americas
the Natives used the
different natural
recourses 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?
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8 Cultural
Regions
North West Coast
California
Plateau
Great Basin
South West
Great Plains
Eastern
Woodlands
South East
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8 Cultural Regions
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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 wedges, sledge hammers,
drills, and knifes to carve wooden masks
Clothing:
Cedar water proof clothing like capes with
decorative shell buttons
Shelter: lived near the coast
Cedar Long Houses with cedar bark roofs
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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
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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 sap
Floating 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
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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
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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
Culture:
Tools: bow made of buffalo tendon, arrows,
V shaped stone trap, fire, bone knives,
shields,
Clothing: Buffalo robes and hides
Shelter: Houses called tipis
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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.
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 queblo
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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
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.
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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