Question | Answer |
How did each group of Native people adapt/effect their environment? | see notebook |
Who were the first americans? | Native Americans |
How did the first americans get here? | A land bridge connected Asia and America |
When did the first americans get here? | During the Ice Age |
What are the 5 themes of geography? | Movement, Region, Location, Place, Human/Environmental interaction |
Movement | Way humans move, information, things, animals, trade in environment |
Region | - Political/Physical (country foundry, mountain range)
- Functional (servable area)
-Cultural (Religion) |
Human/Environment Interaction | -Adapt
-Modify
-Depend |
Location | -Absolute (Longitude and latitude)
-Relative (Described by landmarks) |
Place | -Physical (Landforms)
-Human (Anything created by humans) |
People of the eastern woodlands | long houses, tree to build with, hunt local animals, farmed and resources-- which led to big population, led to fighting |
people of the south west | planted crops on cliff tops which made homes cool, build mud houses, dry |
people of the great plains | could live in teepees because of buffalo hide which was transportable, followed buffalo, farmed beans, sunflowers, corn, squash.went where animals went. horses |
early cultures of southwest | cliffs protected homes. hard for invaders, could collect water by irrigation |
people of the far north | houses, hunting animals made them move around. |
other people of the west | have to keep moving because the environment kills off food, resulting in having to move towards the food. Take what's offered |
mound builders | people who made mounds out of dirt |
pueblos | houses made out of adobe |
adobe | sun-dried brick used in building |
drought | when there is no water |
igloos | house made of snow and ice |
kayaks | small skin boats |
travois | sled pulled by dogs |
long houses | built out of trees and wooden poles |
sachems | A chosen tribal leader in the eastern woodlands |
viking | seafaring people from scendinavia in northern europe |
christopher columbus | italian born sailor who led spanish fleet into the carribean |
lief erickson | who led viking sailors to the northern tip of north america |
vinland | flat, wooded territory |
tainos | native americans who met columbus on a small carribean island |
columbian exchange | a world wide exchange of goods and ideas that transformed people's lives around the globe. began w/ columbus |
how did the arrival of columbus affect the tainos? | Spanish changed their way of life by murder, slavery, and disease |
2 effects of the columbian exchange on Native americans | -slavery
-disease |
3 ways native americans influence our way of life today | -government
-pottery, leather
-sports, lacrosse |