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The First Americans
Review for First Americans
| Question | Answer | Chapter/section # |
|---|---|---|
| How did Beringid form? | Beringid formed by the new climates after the Ice Age had began 30,000 years ago. | chapter 1.2 |
| How did American Indians view their environments? | American Indians viewed their different environments by using natural resources they had around them and survived with what they had. | chapter 1.4 |
| How did the American Indians get by in the Northern Coast? | The American Indians survived in the Northern Coast by using natural resources as weapons, clothing, and shelter, | chapter 1.5 |
| How did American Indians live in California? | American Indians lived in California by using the many food resources they had,such as salmon and shellfish. They also created their own clothing, houses,weapons,and baskets out of natural resources. | chapter 1.6 |
| How did the American Indians adapt to the new climates? | The American Indians adapted to the different climates in Great Basin by making types of clothing out of rabbit hides,created temporary shelters made of willow poles covered in reeds. | chapter 1.7 |
| How did the American Indians plan to survive in the Plateu? | Platue people bult their villages along major rivers which provided water and fish to survive. For their houses they used driftwood and firewood. | chapter 1.8 |
| What do all of these American Indians living in different regions have in common? | All of these American Indians in their different regions all have one thing in common,which is, they all use natural resources to adapt to their environment and new life. | All chapters |
| What are the climates for the Southwest, and how did this effect the American Indians? | The climates for the Southwest was hot. This is becaue the location was surrounded by desserts mountains, and two major rivers, the Colorado and the Rio Grande. | chapter 9 |
| What food resources where surrounded by the Great plains? | The food resources American Indians used to survive in the Great Plains were buffalo,. Not only did this animal provide food, but its skin was also used for shields, warm robes, bedding, and waterproof containers. | chapter 10 |
| How did the American Indians use natural resources for shelter in the Eastern Woodlands? | American Indians used logs for sturdy log-frame houses covered by elm bark. | chapter 11 |
| Where were the American Indian towns built in the Southeast? | The American Indians bult their towns around mounds. This took several years because they had to use and move dirt on basketful at a time. Because of this, the Americans spent a lot of time building to survive. | chapter 12 |
| How did Native Americans use natural resources? | They used natural resources to get by living in new climates. For example, they use animal skin to stay warm during the winter. | chapter 1.3 |