The First People

What was an important part of the American Indian economy in the 1800s?

• trading for goods

• respecting the land

• sharing traditions and stories

• keeping peace among tribes

Which statements show that American Indians CHANGED the land to meet their needs?

• They dug channels to carry water from streams to their crops.

• They used materials from the environment to make tools and homes.

• They moved from place to place hunting buffalo.

• They built small villages near their farmlands.

Which statement shows that American Indians DID NOT change the land to meet their needs?

• They dug channels to carry water from streams to their crops.

• They used materials from the environment to make tools and homes.

• They moved from place to place hunting buffalo.

• They built small villages near their farmlands.

Choose TWO reasons why storytelling is an important part of American Indian culture.

• Story telling teaches children about their tribe's history.

• Stories kept the children from getting in trouble.

• Stories explain the tribe's belief about how the world and nature was made.

Early Artic Indians lived in places with a lot of snow and ice. Choose TWO examples of how they adapted to their environment to survive.

• Artic Indians hunted animals to use their fur for clothing, their bones for tools, and their fat to burn for heat and light.

• They dug holes and buried themselves in the snow for fun.

• They built igloos out of snow and ice.

• They had a lot of snowball fights.

Explain the main causes and effects of the conflicts that settlers and American Indians had over land.

• Settlers thought they should be able to live in all of the teepees and made all of the Indians sleep under the stars.

• Settlers made the Indians teach them how to hunt, fish, plant food, etc. and then forced all of them cook their meals and clean.

• American Indians didn't like the settlers and started wars to make them move and get off of their land.

• Settlers thought they needed all of the land for themselves and the Indians believed that it should be shared among everyone. This resulted in the Indians losing their homes and being made to move to different areas.

Which TWO Indian groups depended heavily on the resources from forests to survive?

• Eastern Woodland

• Plains

• Artic

• Northwest Coast