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Unit 1 The First Americans Lessons 1-3 Vocabulary 1. The study of objects to learn about life from the past A. nomad B. migration 2. A person with no permanent home who travels from place to place 3. The skill of raising plants and animals for human use 4. An object made by people 5. Movement from one place to another 6. The use of scientific knowledge to solve problems 7. To change the way one lives to fit different conditions C. agriculture D. adapt E. technology F. archaeology G. artifact 8. A groups’ stories and customs A. custom 9. An accepted way of doing something B. tradition 10. A set of customs that people create over time C. folklore 11. More than is needed D. ceremony 12. A system of faith or worship E. religion 13. A system for organizing resources, such as money and goods F. surplus G. specialize 14. A set of activities done for a special purpose H. economy 15. To focus on one kind of product or activity 16. 17. A system of laws and the people who carry them out To talk to and work with others A. interact B. barter C. government 18. To trade goods for other goods without the use of money Why did members of the Great Plains groups have different homes at different times of the year? In the ____________, the Great Plains groups Spring lodges earth lived in ___________ __________ and grew crops __________. In Summer, they left to hunt ____________ and lived in _____________. buffalo teepees Why did American Indians locate their villages near water? 1) 2) 3) People and animals need __________ to water survive. They ate _________ from rivers and used fish travel rivers for __________. They used the water for _____________. irrigation Why did some of the American Indians of the Great Plains travel? buffalo They followed herds of ___________ which food was their ___________ source. How did celebrations and ceremonies play an important role in American Indian cultures? A. B. C. D. Religion Culture Nature All of the above When did the Eastern Woodland Iroquois Indians hold harvest celebrations? A. B. C. D. When crops were gathered After a day of rain Once the seeds were planted Each night after sunset In what ways have the American Indians shared stories about their culture? American Indians had storytellers who knew folklore their ____________. Most stories were chanted sung spoken, ___________, or ___________. What was the purpose of a potlatch in the Pacific Northwest? chief social It had a _________ purpose. The ________ gave away goods to the other members of the controlled village to show how well he ____________ the group’s ____________. resources Why was the Iroquois Confederacy formed? Why did they meet? five The Iroquois Confederacy united _______ groups in order to solve problems related to land use war ________ _______, trade, and _______. The council discussed an issue until every chief solution agreed on a ___________. How did increases in surpluses of food and specialized work help American Indian economies develop? Specialized ________ work and food _________ surpluses allowed people to trade their goods for things Trade helped they could not make themselves. _______ the economies grow. How did interacting within American Indian groups affect their needs and wants? As people interacted, they were introduced goods and _____ ideas . Trade helped to new ______ groups meet their needs. People began to _______ barter for goods they discovered through trade. Pacific Northwest and Desert Southwest Indian Groups Geography Climate Shelter Tools & Utensils Food Clothing Technology Traditions Pacific Northwest Western coast of US Canada, Washington, & Oregon Wet, cold Large cedar, wood plank houses Finely carved wooden bowls & utensils – spoons Fish, whale hunted deer Gathered nuts & berries Made from bark Made canoes that could be 75 feet long Held large feasts called potlatches Desert Southwest Southwest region of the US Dry, hot Used adobe bricks to contruct villages of large apartmentstyle buildings Pottery jars Woven baskets Ovens called “hornos” Crops: corn, beans, cotton Had to grow their own food Ovens called “hornos” Trade clothing made from buffalo Cotton clothing Irrigation Pottery jars Woven baskets Adobe Men wove cotton clothing Great Plains Eastern Woodlands Indian Groups Geography Climate Shelter Tools & Utensils Food Clothing Technology Traditions Great Plains Flat grassland west of Mississippi River Dry Earth lodges – soil covered domeshaped Lived in teepees while hunting Buffalo bones Knives and scrapers Farmed & hunted Beans, squash, sunflowers Buffalo skins Tendons of buffalo used to make strings for bows Held large dances that lasted many days to meet groups’ spiritual needs Eastern Woodlands East of the Mississippi Wide range of climates Ojibwa – dome shaped made of bent wooden poles Mohawk – longhouses Birch bark woven or bent into baskets Rabbit, bears, & deer Growing crops Made from buckskins Birch bark baskets Canoes Held harvest celebration when crops were picked