Period:1 1491-1607 Flashcards
From what year did Period 1 start and end?
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1491-1607
Why did Native Americans have different cultures?
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The different environments led to diverse societies
What kind of Native American society’s existed in Central and South American?
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Urban complex society’s. Heavily influenced by religion.
Why was maize important when it spread to North America? (3)
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It caused economic development population increase
use of irrigation.
What Native groups existed in Central and South America?
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Aztec: irrigation, cities, sacrificial religion
Maya: irrigation, temples, cities
Inca: irrigation fertile soil, large population
What kind of Native society existed in the Pacific Northwest?
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Fishing Villages
Sedentary
What native groups living in the Pacific Northwest?
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Chinook
Chumash
Settled villages/hunt gather
What kind of Native society were that Southwest people?
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Sedentary
What native groups lived in the Southwest?
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Pueblo: farmed maize, sedentary
What kind of Native society were the Plains and Great Basin people?
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Nomadic
What native groups lived in the Plains and Great Basin?
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Ute: hunt/gather
What kind of Native society were the Mississippi River Valley people?
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Large complex societies
What native groups lived in the Mississippi River Valley?
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Hopewell:trade
Cahokia:government power,large cities
Fertile soil
What kind of Native society were the Northeast people?
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Sedentary, farming
What Native groups lived in the NorthEast?
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Iroquois: longhouses
