Chap 7.1 Slides

Question 1

Not sure how first Americans arrived.

Many theories. Most popular is the _____________

Answer 1

Beringia Ice bridge

Question 2

The geography of most of southwestern US and northern Mexico is ________

Answer 2

Desert

Question 3

________ flourished from 100 BC to AD 1500

Answer 3

Hohokam

Question 4

What did Hohokam learned to do in the desert?

Built shallow canals for ___________

Planted __________

Directed water to ______ _______

Answer 4

•Learned to farm in the desert

–Built shallow canals for irrigation

–Planted crops

–Directed water to crop mounds

Question 5

Hohokam expanded ____________.

Channeled ________ into __________

Answer 5

irrigation system

Channeled water into villages

Question 6

Hohokam build structures called _________.

Describe these structures.

Answer 6

Adobe

Created pithouses, dwellings formed by digging shallow holes in the ground and building walls and roofs with mixture of clay and straw

Question 7

The _________lived in the Desert West near the Hohokam from about 100 BC to AD 1300

Answer 7

Anasazi

Question 8

Anasazi build pithouses called __________

Answer 8

Pueblos

Question 9

What were the Pueblos like?

Answer 9

•Also developed the pueblo

–Several stories high

–Many rooms

–Similar to apartments

Question 10

Villages also had underground rooms called ______.

What were these used as?

Answer 10

kivas

Used as meeting places, for religious ceremonies

Question 11

Another type of Anasazi architecture were ___________

How were these build?

What purpose were these?

Answer 11

cliff dwellings

Pueblos built in shallow caves in walls of rocky canyon

Limited accessibility offered protection from attack

Question 12

This group called ________ lived in eastern woodlands, near Ohio and Mississippi river valleys

Answer 12

Hopewell

Question 13

Hopewell were known as ___________ living during this time _______

Answer 13

Mound builders, 200 BC to AD 500

Question 14

What did the Mound Builders build?

What do their size suggests?

Answer 14

• Built large stone and earth mounds as burial sites
• Size suggests some form of organized labor

Question 15

Hopewell build _________ and buried objects like ________.

What evidence shows this?

Answer 15

Hopewell buried objects like pottery and metal ornaments.

Shells from Gulf of Mexico have been found

Question 16

What did Hopewell develop?

When did the culture begin to decline?

Answer 16

• Hopewell developed extensive trade network
• Culture began to decline AD 400, cause not clear

Question 17

This group __________ also lived in eastern woodlands, near Ohio and Mississippi river valleys

Answer 17

Mississippian

Question 18

The Mississippian built _________

Answer 18

•Built some of the earliest cities in North America

Question 19

__________had population up to 20,000 people

Answer 19

Cahokia had population up to 20,000 people

Question 20

How did the Mississippians live?

Answer 20

•Contained more than 100 mounds, with ruler living atop largest in city center

Question 21

Cahokia show evidence of ______ and ________skills

Answer 21

•Mathematical and engineering skills evident

Question 22

What do the mounds build by the Cahokia show?

Answer 22

• Different types of soils in mounds for proper drainage
• Artifacts show complex society, differences between common people and those with status

Question 23

Another culture of North America was _________ that lived in the Arctic regions.

How did they live?

Answer 23

The Inuit

• Lived in the Arctic regions of North America
• Frozen, meant no vegetation for food source
• Hunters and fishers

Question 24

What did the INUIT do year-round to live?

Answer 24

Year-round hunting

• Used kayaks to hunt sea mammals, caught fish through holes in ice
• Hunted caribou in summer, used skins and furs for warm clothing
• Houses were igloos, made from ice blocks

Question 25

The _________ lived in eastern North America

Answer 25

The **Iroquois** * Lived in eastern North America * Relied on materials from the forest * Built longhouses

Question 26

How did the Iroquois live?

Answer 26

**Hunting and farming** * Trapped forest animals for food * Farmed crops such as beans, squash, maize

Question 27

The Iroquois included tribes such as _______ and formed government called \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_

Answer 27

Five different nations * Iroquois included Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca * formed government, **Iroquois League**

Question 28

Another culture were the Plains Indians. How did they live?

Answer 28

**Plains Indians** * Like Iroquois, Plains Indians consisted of different tribes * Not all spoke same language * Developed a form of sign language to communicate when they met

Question 29

The Plains Indians lived along \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. They moved around by following \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. What was at the center of the Plains Indians lives?

Answer 29

* Plains Indians originally lived along **rivers and streams** * Followed **buffalo herds** over long distances * Buffalo center of lives, with buffalo meat as food, skins for clothing and tents, and bones and horns for tools