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Early Cultures
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Inuit | lived in the arctic of Alaska and Canada with below freezing temperatures. Lived in igloos(winter) tents(summer). Hunted. |
| Kwakiutl | Lived the pacific Northwest coast with rainy,mild climate-lived in plank houses. Hunted and gathered food from forests |
| Lakota | Lived in the dry grasslands of the Great Plains. Lived in tepees. Hunted buffalo |
| pueblo | Lived in the southwest United States. Desert areas and areas bordering cliffs and mountains. Lived in Pueblo (mud) houses often built into the cliffs. hunted and grew crops. |
| Iriquois | lived in heavily forested of the eastern woodlands. Lived in longhouses. Grew crops and hunted. |
| Indian's food | hunted,fished, and harvested crops for food |
| Indian's clothes | made of animal skins and plants(cotton) |
| Indian's shelter | made of resources found in the environment like sod,stones,animal skins and wood |
| Geography and Climate | Land features and water features that affected how the american Indians met there needs. |
| Archeoligist | People who study human behavior and cultures of the past through discovery and analysis of artifacts |
| natural resources | things that come directly from nature. Fish,wood,wild animals,crops,berries. |
| human resources | People working to produce goods or services. Fishermen,hunters and people who sew clothing |
| capital resources | goods produced and used to make other goods and services. Canoes,blows,spears and other tools |
| cactus hill | one of the oldest archaeological sites of North America. located on the Nottoway River in Virginia. 18,000 years old |