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Social Studies Chapter 4. Chapter 3 Lesson 1 People Come to the Americas. Bering Strait. Narrow passage that separates Asia to North America The land the hunters may have walked is now buried under water. . Glaciers. At that time, about 1/3 of the earth’s surface was covered with glaciers. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Social Studies Chapter 4
Chapter 3 Lesson 1 People Come to the Americas
Bering StraitNarrow passage that separates Asia to North America
The land the hunters may have walked is now buried under water.
GlaciersAt that time, about 1/3 of the earth’s surface was covered with glaciers.
They were sometimes up to a mile thick.
Oceans were about 300 feet lower.
When the Bering Strait connected Asia with North America, many different groups of humans walked across.
This bridge existed until about 12000 B.C. At that time temperatures rose and caused the glaciers to melt
The water covered the bridged land
People continued to cross with boats but walking was now over
From Hunting to FarmingThe hunters who walked across the land bridge into N. America may have been the ancestors of people we now call the Native Americans
Their story can be told in 4 epochs
What is an epoch?
Beringian Epoch- When main group of hunters came to North America
13,000-9,500 B.C.
Hunters followed these animals to warmer lands.
Travel all through the Americas
Paleo- Indian Epoch
Water levels raise from melted glaciers
The N. American grasslands became hot deserts.
Grass-eating animals dies out for want food
American Indians now had to look for new sources of food.
Made better weapons
With improved weapons they could hunt faster animals
Bison, Caribou, and Deer
Archaic Epoch
Now lived in permanent settlements, built boats if they lived near water, and collected nuts and berries in forest areas.
During the archaic period, they also learned to to plant and harvest corn, beans and other crops
With agriculture, they could settle and grow food, so they (Native Americans) grew in number
Postarchaic Epoch 1000 B.C.- 1500A.D.
Many cultures developed during this period
Wore clothing made of plants and animal skin
Living in huts or wooden houses
Some live liked hunters and some lived within powerful societies
Aztecs- City of Tenochtitlan
100,000 people within the city
Canals, Temples, Islands
Hunted Caribou across the cold, bare regions of Canada.
Chapter 4 Lesson 2Four American Indian Cultures
Anasazi-People of the DesertA.D. 100
Cotton
Beans Corn
Moved from their settlements on mesa tops to cliff dwellingsHistorians believe that they may
have feared an enemy and moved homes to live where it was easier to defend themselves.
They climbed to tend to their crops
Most important food was corn, but it would not survive without rain
They learned to tend the desert land
They caught water in ditches to use on their crops
They believed in performing a rain dance to come and bring rain to their crops. If rain came, their crops would grow. They would feel alive after this process.
Rain came to a stop about the 1200’s and they moved near the water. Anasazi still live in the Southwest, but not in cliff dwellings.
These were only occupied when there was rain.
Makah- People of the Coast
From the Olympic Peninsula where they were surrounded by water. They relied on fish and other animals for food.
In the warm months they lived along streams and caught salmon
During the winter months, they would canoe out to the seas and catch whales, sea lions, otters, and more
They depended on this food they caught all year.
Lived on dried salmon and other fish
They made baskets, wooden masks, and other wooden objects made from cedar tree.
If they had extra food or projects, they had potlatch ceremonies where the wealthy gave to their guests
Each year they held a ceremony to honor the salmon and their return to the rivers of the land.
Mississippians: People of the River
Built a network of trade from The Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico
Chert- used for weapons and tools
Traded chert for shells, copper, and jewelry
Muscogee (Creek)- Very similar to Mississippians
Lived along rivers and streams and built mounds just like Mississippians
They lived in an area that is now Alabama and Georgia
They hunted, fished, gathered fruits and nuts.
Planted beans and corn
They built villages surrounded by tall wooden fences
Dozens of small houses in a village. Each family owned two.
One house was for winter and one was for summer
One was light and airy for summer, and one was warm and solid for winter
Houses surrounded a plaza where the town council met. The council was made up of men who were brave and wise.
One man was the chief
Creek religious ceremonies took place in the plaza too
People gave thanks for the harvest in mid- summer
In this, people put anger issues aside and vowed to live in peace.
Then they feasted on corn
It was living in harmony with nature
Life in an Iroquois Village
Chapter 4 Lesson 3
The Iroquois Nation began in the 1400’s. At the time five people formed a confederation
They were hoping to make peace among their members
They called themselves the Haudenosaunee- (ho DUH nuh shawnee)
“People of the Long House”
The long house is where they lived. Several families were in one.
Women- Were often the most important within the group. So when they married, they often lived with the woman’s family
If they lived together, they worked together. They divided the work equally between men and women
Men- hunted, fished, and farmed
The work they did was for everyone to share.
Men also fought in war when Iroquois went to war
Women- raised crops and took charge of the daily life. They made sure everyone in the village had their basic needs.
Squash Corn beans
Food clothing shelter
They believed every part of nature had its own spirit.
plantTree animal
They prayed to the spirits and asked for help in hunting and farming.
They also believed they should only take what was needed and nothing more.
They shared no matter how little they had. No one went hungry. Everyone helped each other. Cooperation was so important
In fact, without cooperation, they would not survive. The five people belonging to the nation were always at war with each other.
If a Cayuga killed a Seneca, then a Seneca would kill a Cayuga in return
Continually tried to get even
Hiawatha- Tired of the fighting, he took advice from a “Peace Maker.”
He advised joining together as a single naion.
Hiawatha made this happen by going to all the villages to call peace
The Great Council- 49 chiefs
They brought an end to wars
They remembered the words of Hiawatha
Worked together and built a great nation.