Earliest American Study Guide

Pueblo people were able to survive droughts because of....

• Food surplus

• Strong crops

• Canning fruits and vegetables

• The kindness of other people.

What did the Chinooks and other NW Coast People hold to show their wealth?

• Formal Ceremonies

• Potlaches

• Painting Parties

• Origin Stories

What is the planting, growing, and harvesting of crops called?

• Hemispheres

• Archeology

• Agricullture

• Civilization

This is the grassy earth held together by roots and cut into blocks to cover lodges.

• Slate

• Panels

• Potlaches

• Sod

What tells about the beginnings of the Indigenous people?

• Agriculture

• Origin Stories.

• Barracks

• Teepees

The land bridge theory states....

• Hunting groups followed animals across current day Russia to Alaska.

• Land served as a bridge between rival communities.

• Hunting groups would use wooden brances to form bridges.

• Communities relied on bridges to bring people together.

This event allowed the first people to enter into North America.

• The melting of the ice caps.

• The creation of a bridge by rival communities.

• The ending of the ice age and melting of the glaciers.

• Dividing groups by social class.

The Olmec and Mayan civilizations both had this unique thing in common.

• They melted the ice caps.

• They used sod to help their community.

• They developed current agricultural tools.

• They were divided into social class.

Pueblos were houses used by this community.

• Chinooks

• Anasazi

• Olmec

• Maya

How did SW Indigenous people adapt to their dry desert environment?

• Surplus of food & used underground springs for water.

• Relied on the animals that could survive in such harsh conditions

• Kept large containers of food and water in their dwellings.

• Surplus of water under their tents. Perserved their food with special salts.