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The First Americans
Review for The First Americans
| Question | Answer | Chapter/ Section # |
|---|---|---|
| What did the Mesa people mostly live in? | Using bricks of adobe (sun-baked clay), they built thick-walled houses that protected them from summer heat and winter cold. | 1.9 |
| What was the main/most important crop that grew in the Southwest? | Corn was by far the most important crop. | 1.9 |
| What was the herd of animals that the American Indians followed through the Great Plains as a main food source? | The American Indians followed herds of buffalo as a main food source. | 1.10 |
| What kind of items did the buffalo provide for the American Indians? | They provided; food, bows, shields, waterproof containers, warm robes, bedding, clothing, bags, bowstrings, rope, spoons and bowls (made from horns and hooves), horns boiled down to make glue, thread out of tendons, and skins as ti-pi's. | 1.10 |
| What did the forests of the Eastern Woodlands provide for the American Indians? | Food (hunted & collected nuts and berries), Waterways provided fish and drinking water, and log-frame houses made from elm bark and logs. | 1.11 |
| What was the main language spoke in the Eastern Woodlands? | People spoke Algonquian. | 1.11 |
| What advantage did living in the Southeast have? | The people of the Southeast found growing crops fairly easy. | 1.12 |
| What were the mounds in the Southeast made for? | Burial sites, platforms for temples, and houses surrounded all the mounds. | 1.12 |
| What are two challenges of living in the Southwest? | The heat and lack of water made it hard to live in the Southwest. | 1.9 |
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