5th - SS Ch1 L1&L2 Migration/Early American Cultures Flashcards
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When large Ice Age animals became extinct
People hunted small animals
They also fished hunted and gathered plants
People migrated, possibly across Land bridge, to
To follow large animals
Because St. and people started fishing and also hunting and gathering they became
Hunter / gatherers
About 7000 years ago
People grow their own food
Farming or agriculture allowed
Allowed them to settle in one place
Because farming or agriculture allowed them to settle in one place
Communities now formed
Where did mound builders live?
They lived in forests with fertile soil lakes and rivers east of the Mississippi River
What were the mound builders main crop?
The main crop was corn
Because mound builders built mounds as burial places for Chiefs, it
It showed they were well organized
The Anasazi were the 1st to
First to use irrigation
Where did the Anasazi live
They live in the four corner region in desert land
What did the Anasazi grow
Signal corn, squash, beans, and pumpkins
What were the Anasazi called
They were called cliff dwellers
The Inuits made homes
Near the Arctic Ocean
The Inuit’s hunted for
Whales and walruses
The inuits developed
A kayak
The Inuits built
Igloos
