U.S. History 1.4, The First Peoples of North America

U.S. History 1.4, The First Peoples of North America

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• ​1.4.1 Study Guide

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Describe how people first settled and spread across the Americas.

Compare the cultures of the Ancestral Puebloan and Mississippian peoples.

Identify the major American Indian groups in North America in the years leading up to European contact.

Explain how the geography of North America affected American Indian culture and life before European contact.

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​Review the Key Terms from 1.4.1 Study Guide:

American Indians: People (in the past or present) whose ancestors have lived for a long time in the land that is now the United States.

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Americas: All the land in North America, Central America, and South America, as well as the islands in the Caribbean.

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Ancestral Puebloan culture: An American Indian civilization in what is now the southwestern United States. The Ancestral Puebloan peoples built complex stone houses and used river water to grow crops in the desert.

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cultural region: An area where people have similar ways of living and traditions.

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​​Review the Key Terms from 1.4.1 Study Guide:

hunter-gatherers: People who live by hunting, fishing, and collecting wild plants.

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indigenous: Native to a particular region. This word is most often used to describe people whose ancestors have lived in an area for a very long time.

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Mesoamerica: The region that is now Mexico and Central America.

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Mississippian culture: (about 800 CE – about 1300 CE) An American Indian civilization in what is now the southeastern United States. The Mississippian peoples established large towns and grew many crops.

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nomadic: Not settled in one place. Nomadic people move around to follow sources of food.

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Main idea: Humans arrived in the Americas at least 13,000 years ago. 

Identify two ways scientists think people first came to the Americas.

• They walked from Asia to North America

• They crossed over an ice sheet from western Europe.

• They lived in the Americas before they lived anywhere else.

• They came to North or South America by boat.

• They walked over a land bridge to South America

Main idea: Two major cultures developed in ancient North America.

Complete Study Guide 1.4.1 Question 6:

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Place an X in the box to identify each item as describing the Ancestral Puebloan culture, the Mississippian culture, or both.

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Were likely affected by a dry period that contributed to a decline in their culture

• Ancestral Puebloan

• Mississippian

• Both

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Lived in an environment that supported a variety of crops and allowed them to develop large communities

• Ancestral Puebloan

• Mississippian

• Both

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Lived in a dry environment that kept villages relatively small

• Ancestral Puebloan

• Mississippian

• Both

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Declined before Europeans came to North America

• Ancestral Puebloan

• Mississippian

• Both

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Became more complex after they learned how to grow enough corn to support groups of people

• Ancestral Puebloan

• Mississippian

• Both

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Main idea: Many American Indian groups lived in North America in the years before the first Europeans arrived.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Review the Practice 1.4.5 Requirements:

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​Play the Kahoot! that follows on the next slide to find out how well you know the First Peoples of North America.

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Compare/contrast the two major cultures that developed in ancient North America