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| Theories on how the "first Americans" arrive on the continent | 1. land bridge theory (ice age campsite) 2. boat theory (evidence fish eaten caught far from shores) 3. native theory (origin stories speak only of Americas not other homelands) |
| Relationship Between Farming and Cultures Developing | 1. settled and built stonger homes 2. villages 3. tribes (language/customs) More Settled |
| Olmec - Where Lived/Characteristics | SW Mexico; created a calendar, number system, & written language; traded with others |
| Maya - Where Lived/Characteristics | SE Mexico; stone cities with own governments, divided into social classes, Tikal |
| Mound Builders - Where Lived/Characteristics | MO River to western half of VA (Ohio River Valley); earliest tribe was the Adenia, mounds used as graves, most famous Serpent Mound |
| Anasazi - Where Lived/Characteristics | SW US; largest city Pueblo Bonito, mud houses on flat top hills, 1400 A.D. 100s of tribes lived in US |
| What Made the Iroquois Special and Unique Group of American Indians | 1. confederation called the Iroquois League; 2. laws decided by a council; 3. lived in long houses |
| culture and geography of the Southwest | 1.cliffs,canyons,desert,and mountains2.droughts and floods3.kachinas are spritis4.sun, rain,and earth gods |
| geography of the northwest | 1.lots of rivers and forests2.tradedover water rather than land3.dances called potlatches4.totem poles show clans history |
| culture of the Artic | 1.harsh,windy,cold,snowy winters2.treeless and frozen3.festivals to worship whales4.had drums made out of the whales stomachs |
| geography of the Plains | lived on fields and cliffs2.millions of buffalo3.prayed for a good hunt4.usedevery part of the buffalo |
| culture of the Iroquios | 1.cut down forests for farming2.decided laws with a council3. lived on the great lakes4.had a confedreatioin |
| culture of the Algonquian | 1.lived on the coastal plain2.hunted and gathered3. cut down forests to build farms4.beleived in animal gods |
