McGraw Hill SS5 Ch 1 L1 Review

McGraw Hill SS5 Ch 1 L1 Review

by Kelley Fraze

​First North American People

• ​Came from Asia

• ​Crossed the Beringia land bridge

• ​Currently covered with water and called the Bering Strait

• ​Followed the animals who they were hunting

• ​Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79soyD_S-IM

Multiple Choice

What was the MAIN reason that the first people traveled from Asia to North America across the Beringia land bridge?

• They were exploring new lands.

• They were following the animals.

• They were looking for a milder climate.

• They were searching for people to trade with.

From hunter-gatherers to farmers ........​

• ​Over the course of hundreds of years, the large animals that the people were hunting started to die off

• ​People had to find another way to get food

• ​They started learning to grow their own food (agriculture)

• ​Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6teBcfKpik

Open Ended

What was the MAIN reason why early people starting learning to grow their own food?

Olmec​

• ​Lived in southern Mexico

• ​Built temples and carved huge stone statues

• ​Created a calendar and a writing system

• ​Played ball games

​Maya

• ​Lived in southern Mexico

• ​Built great palaces and huge pyramids covered with carvings called hieroglyphs

• ​Created a calendar

• ​Their civilization died off since there was not enough food for all of the people

Early Desert People​

• ​Lived in southwest region of present day United States

• ​Hohokam: used irrigation to farm, lived in underground homes

• ​Ancestral Pueblo: used dry farming, built homes on sides of cliffs

Mound Builders​

• Adena, Hopewell, and Mississippian cultures

• Built huge earthen mounds used for religious ceremonies or places to honor their gods​

• ​Were hunter-gatherers but later learned to grow their food

• ​Ability to grow own food led to increase in population

• ​Lived in present day midwest region of U.S.

​Things to Know:

1. ​How and why the first people came to America.

2. ​Why the first people stopped hunting/gathering and started growing their own food.

3. ​What effect farming had on civilizations.

4. ​The 4 early groups we studied (Maya, Olmec, Mound Builders, Desert People)

Multiple Choice

Which early American group lived on the sides of steep cliffs?

• Olmec

• Ancestral Pueblo

• Hopewell

• Maya

Multiple Select

Which early American group created a calendar?

• Hohokam

• Mound Builders

• Olmec

• Maya

Multiple Choice

Which early American group used irrigation to water their crops by digging canals?

• Maya

• Mound Builders

• Mississippian

• Hohokam