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America In The Beginning
Who were the first Americans?
How and why did they come here?
30,000 years ago During a period of low temperatures called an _ice
age_________
The world was covered in ___glaciers______
or sheets of ice.
This caused ocean levels to ___decrease____
_ and expose
___land_______.In the Bering straight a _____land bridge__________ appeared connecting _________Siberia &The Americas_________________
___
This land bridge is known as
_Beringia_________.
Animals like mammoths crossed the bridge or ___migrated________ to the America's.
Hunter's in Asia who moved from place to place to
find food or __nomads___________ followed the mammoths and spread out or
____migrated_______ to the America's
The ice age ended
___warming_________ up glaciers
causing water levels to
__rise________ covering up the _____land
bridge____ ________.
Some animals died off like _____mammoths_______.
Living in many different parts of the Americas the Natives needed
to adjust or ___survive______
to every thing in the new
surrounds that made up each of
their own ______environmen
ts_______in order to ___survive_______.
What happened when they came to America?
How did they meet their new needs?
America In The Beginning
America In The Beginning
Living in many different parts of the Americas the Natives used the different natural ___resources________ in their own different environments for food, clothing, and shelter.
Different groups in different
environments developed their own beliefs and ways of life or
____culture___________. Groups in the
same environments
adapted similar life styles, and
language creating ___cultural____ __region_______.
Many Native American have these things in common.1. Nature has a _spirit_______.2. No one can own __land________.4. Only use what is _needed_________.5. _Trade_________ was important to most societies
How did Native Americans adjust to the new environments?
What did they have in common?
8 Cultural Regions
North West Coast
California
Plaau
Great Basin
South West
Great Plains
Eastern Woodlands
South East
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8 Cultural Regions
North West Coast Weather:long cold winterscool summersheavy rainfall
Natural Resources:ocean/beachesthick forests of fir, spruce, and cedarrugged mountainsseafood/salmondeer, moose, bear, elk, beaver, mountain goats
Tools: Canoes, Seal Harpoon
Clothing: Cedar- bark cape made from trees
Shelter: Long houses with a roof on top
Food: Salmon, deer
California Weather: rainy wintershot dry summers
Natural Resources:ocean/coastfoothillsvalley'sdesertsmountainsacorns, oak treesgrass, and plantsredwood trees
salmon/seafood/shellfishdeer, rabbits, ducks, roots berries, pine nuts
Tools: basket for rinsing acorns, arrows and bows
Clothes: Skirt made from tree bark
Shelter: Cone shaped house made from grass
Food: Salmon, small animals and acorns
Great Basin Weather:little rainhot during the day cold at nightNatural Resources:
mostly dessertlow areas surrounded by mountains at the edgeswith valleys that had seasonal lakes and streams
plants that need little water likegrasses, sagebrush, pinon trees, at the outer edges pine trees, and willow
small animals rabbits, lizards, grasshoppers, snakes sometimes ducks , duck eggs during certain seasons seeds,berries pine nuts, roots, cattail
Tools: Seed beater to knock seeds into baskets, sharp sticks
Clothes: Rabbit- skin robe
Shelter: Circular house with a stick holding it up
Food: Small animals
Plateau Weather:long cold winterscomfortable summers
Natural Resources:mountains with dense forests in areasflatter in the center with drier grass landsrivers
driftwood, mud, dirt,grass and sage brushfish, antelope, deer, seedsonions, carrots, camas roots, salmon
Tools: Nets for catching salmon, woven baskets
Clothes: Deerskin dress and grass basket hat
Shelter: Made from mud and not very tall
Food: Vegetables, fish and other animals
Great Plains Weather:cold winters hot summers
Natural Resources:mountains surrounding edgestreeless grasslands in the centereast more water and softer soilwest drier dense grass
Buffalo and smaller animals
Tools: Speers and other sharp tools, shields and fire
Clothes: Buffalo- skin robe
Shelter: Looks like a tepee
Food: Buffalo and other food
South West
Weather:high temperatureslittle rain dry/arid
Natural Resources:mountains, canyonsdesserts, flat top mesasrivers, little water
clay, brightly colored plants, cottoncorn, beans, squash, peppers, rabbits
Tools: Table for grinding corn, ditches to hold summer rain
Clothes: Cotton dress from cotton plants
Shelter: Big houses and is long and lots of room in it
Food: Vegetables and animals
Eastern Woodlands
Weather:snowy winters , rain
Natural Resources:rivers, ocean/coastlots of lakes and streams
Forests, plants, maple trees, elm,
deer, bears, beavers, birds, fishcorn, sunflowers, tobacco, vegetables,nuts, berries
Tools: Tool for scraping corn kernels, wooden canoes
Clothes: Deerskin cape and skirt
Shelter: Long houses
Food: Vegetables, birds and fish
South East
Weather:long warm humid summersmild winters
Natural Resources:rivers, ocean/coastFertile coastal plainsmountains, swamps
Trees, clay, shells, corn, beans, squash, pumpkins, sunflowers, sweet potatoessquirrels, rabbits, turkeys, deer, alligators, turtles,wild rice, persimmons
Tools: Hoe for garden work, animal shoulder blades
Clothes: Skirt made from deer
Shelter: Small house made from grass
Food: Animals from the water and on land