Chapter 1 Lesson 3 North American Indians

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They are classified by geography.

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Ancient jar, American Southwest

The Southwest Cultures

•Farming (three sisters: corn, beans, squash)

•Hohokam Indians•practiced irrigation•Arizona

•Anasazi•Colorado Plateau

Cont.

•built pueblos•traded with Mexico•decline 1300 A.D.•Hopi and Zuni in the Rio Grande Valley - are their descendants

Mound Cultures

•Eastern woodlands of North America

•Ohio Valley•Hopewell (500 B.C. - 700 A.D.)

•burial mounds

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Chapter Assessment 8

History and GeographySelected Sites of the Mound BuildersStudy the Mound Builders sites map below. Then answer thequestions on the following slides.

Mississippians

•700-1700 in the Southeast & Mississippi River Valley

•mounds built as religious centers

•ties to Mexico•Cahokia largest town over 30,000 people

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Chapter Assessment 8

History and GeographySelected Sites of the Mound BuildersStudy the Mound Builders sites map below. Then answer thequestions on the following slides.

Indian Culture

•Religion and culture were connected to nature.

•Practiced oral history•adapted to their environment

Map 2.1

Native American Cultures Before 1500

Northern Hunters

•Eskimos (Inuit)•lived in the tundra•hunted polar bears, caribou, whales, and seals

Indians of the Northwest

•Farmed the sea•salmon, shellfish, mammals

•used wood for tools•made totem poles•wealth - status symbol

Western Indians

•Hunter-gatherers•Columbia Plateau, Great Basin, California

•excelled in making baskets

Southwest Indians

•farmers•Built pueblos out of adobe

•corn, beans, squash, cotton

Plains Indians

•They had no horses, but used dogs

•farmers and hunters•hunted buffalo•Examples: Apache, Sioux, Comanche

Southeastern Indians

•farmers•Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek

•wore buckskin •Corn was important to culture (Green Corn Dance)

•They lived in organized towns.

Northeast Indians

•Slash and burn agriculture created good habitat for hunting.

•Algonquin (wigwams) and Iroquios (people of the longhouse)

•women farmed men hunted

League of the Iroquois

•500 years ago the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, & Seneca united under the Great Law of Peace - (Hiawatha)•Representative government called the Grand Council

•Women had great authority and power

Indian Heritage

•Vocabulary :•Opossum•Wampum

•Food :•Corn, Squash, Beans•Coffee, Chocolate, Potatoes

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Checking for Understanding

__ 1. a long period of time with little rainfall

__ 2. a type of government that links different groups together

__ 3. a sun-dried mud brick used to build the homes of some Native Americans

__ 4. home or community of homes built by Native Americans

A. pueblo

B. drought

C. adobe

D. federation

Define Match the terms on the right with their definitions on the left.

B

D

C

A

Geography and History ActivityStudy the map below and answer the questions on the following slides.

Geography and History Activity

Location Along what two major rivers did many of the Mound Builders settle?

Many of the Mound Builders settled along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.

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Geography and History Activity

Location Along what two major rivers did many of the Mound Builders settle?

Many of the Mound Builders settled along the Mississippi and Ohio Rivers.

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