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What is Beringia? a land bridge that connected Asia to North America during the last Ice Age. It allowed migration to North America from Asia- and is located where the Bering Strait is now.
Migrate To move from one location to another
5 key features of Civilization 1. cities that are centers of trade2. specialized jobs for different people3. organized forms of government and religion4.a system of record keeping5.advanced tools
Who were the Mound Builders? Early Native Americans who built large earthen structures. Some mounds were used as burial sites.
The Hohokam an agricultural group who lived in the American Southwest(now Arizona) from 300 B.C. to A.D. 1400 They dug irrigation canals to grow corn, beans and squash in the desert- they traded with Mexico, California and the Southwest.
The Anasazi Lived in the area where Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona meet- they were mainly farmers who traded widely- like the Hohokam.They built houses with hundreds of rooms and many stories- some against the walls of overhanging canyons.
The Iroquois League The alliance of the Cayuga,Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca Nations that brought a long period of peace to the Iroquois. This League was formed on the advice of Deganawida- a Huron tribe member.
Deganawida The peacemaker- he advised the Iroquois Nations to form an alliance to bring peace- he was not a very good speaker, so a Iroquois chief, Hiawatha helped him in this.
The Six tribes of the Iroquois CayugaMohawkOneidaOnondagaSenecaTuscaroras
Culture a way of life shared by people with similar arts, beliefs, and customs.
Domestication the practice of breeding (growing) plants or taming animals to meet human needs.
Slash-and-burn agriculture The Iroquois adapted their forest environment for farming by cutting down and burning trees on a plot of land. The ashes enriched the soil. When the soil was worn out, they simply cut and burned another forest.
Matrilineal Societies in which ancestry is traced through the mother.
Adapting to their environment examplesThe Hohokam Dug irrigation canals so they could grow crops in the dry, desert climate of the Southwest.
Adapting to their environment examplesThe Aztecs drained swamps and built an irrigation system.
Adapting to their environment examplesThe Pueblo like their ancestors, the Hohohkama nd Anasazi, the pueblo used irrigation to alter their desert region for farming.
Adapting to their environment examplesThe Plains Tribes used their environment to help them hunt bison on foot. The villagers would stampede a herd off a cliff- the fall would kill or diable the animals.
Adapting to their environment examplesThe Iroquois adapted their forest environment for farming by using slash-and-burn agriculture to clear fields for farming.
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