Pre columbian americas tribes ppt
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WHICH DO YOU
THINK Was a more civilized society in
1491: the native Americans or
Europeans in places like Italy,
England, and Germany? Why?
Strand #1
Standard #1
Age of exploration
I can compare and contrast the cultures
of meso- and north America with each
other and those in western Europe
Europe or
pre-Columbian America?
Engineered aqueducts
to deliver fresh water
from hundreds of miles
away
Bell-Ringer 8/27
What would be some
problems with a nomadic
lifestyle (always moving
from place to place)?
Beringia: land bridge
over which Asiatic people
followed herds during an
ice age 38,000-10,000 B.C.E.
Problems with the
Nomadic Lifestyle
1. Scarcity of food
2. Little protection from weather
3. Sickness and disease
Why settle in
Mesoamerica?
1. Warmer climate
2. Mountains for protection
3. Learned the art of horticulture
Six traits of a civilization
1. Food surplus
2. Advanced cities
3. Advanced technology
4. Skilled workers
5. Complex institutions
6. System of writing/records
Bell-Ringer 8/28
Write down 3 things you learned
about Native Americans yesterday.
When you are finished, pick up your
maps from your folder in the crates
on my desk.
Bell-Ringer 8/31
Predict how the north American
Indians will be different from
those in Mesoamerica & South
America.
ANASAZI
Lived in northern new
Mexico around 900 C.E.
Pueblo dwellers
utilizing irrigation
created a massive trade
network (unique)
Hohokam
Lived in Arizona between
300-1450 C.E.
Pueblo dwellers
utilizing irrigation
(“canal builders”)
Retained Mesoamerican
influence in some areas
Hopi
Lived in Arizona
Pueblo dwellers
utilizing irrigation
Coronado met them on
his search for Cibola
Retained native religion
Natchez
Lived in modern Miss.
Mound-builders
Practiced Human
sacrifice
Prob. Had contact with
Mesoamerica
Cahokians
Lived east of STL
Population of 15-25,000
More than 100 mounds
Extensive trade
network, trained army,
walled city, and more