Chapter 4 Lesson 1: Native Americans of Maryland

What kinds of things can you find out if you research Maryland's early people(this would be the first people that settled in the land)?

How are historians and archaeologist different?

How do archeologist find out about people's past?

How did people change what they ate after the weather got warmer?

List three things that the early Native Americans of Maryland did that modern Marylanders still do today.

How are the Piscataway and Nanticoke different? How are they the same?

Look at the map on page 106. Which Native American group settled near the present day capital of the United States?

• Powwow

• Alpaca

• Piscataway

Why did the Native American people of Maryland make their clothes for animal skins?

If you could talk to a Woodland leader, what would you ask about hunting season?

Why did most explorers come to America?