The Mound Builders moved earth to build mounds and bury their dead.

California Indians set fires to clear land for planting and hunting.

The Puebloans dug canals for irrigation to support agriculture.

Woodland Indians used trees and animal skins to make huts.

hunting deer

growing corn

burning whale oil

making homes in cliffs

The Puebloans and many Aztecs both lived in desert regions, but the Aztecs used a lake to grow crops.

The Woodland and Mound Builder groups had mild climates, but the Mound Builders were located along the coast.

The Plains groups and Woodland groups had similar climates, but Plains Indians lived in hilly or mountainous regions.

The Inuit and Calusa groups were both located by water, but the Calusa group in present-day Florida had a much colder climate.

Stationary groups fish and nomadic groups never fish.

Stationary groups usually live in forests and nomadic groups usually live in river valleys.

Nomadic groups tend to hunt and gather more of their food and stationary groups tend to grow more of their food.

Stationary groups usually live tepees that can be rolled up quickly to follow buffalo and nomadic groups tend to plant more food.

a belief that social position is determined by age

a belief that animals and natural forces have spirits

a custom that marks a young person passing into adulthood

a custom that is passed down from one generation to the next

Inuit

Mound Builders

Navajo

Woodlands

ancestors

customs

folklore

potlatch

Children gathered water and firewood while women played games.

Children told stories to their parents who made kachina dolls.

Men chose the women who performed religious ceremonies.

Men hunted animals that women prepared and stored.

Traditions involve folklore the customs, stories, and beliefs of a people that is passed down from one generation to the next.

Folklore includes some aspects of traditions, which are the systems or ways that people make decisions as a group.

Folklore is the system of decision-making and power-sharing for a group that wants to change the rules and make new traditions.

Traditions are more important than folklore because they are passed down from parents to children.

to trade or sell raw materials or goods

to make decisions on behalf of a group

to answer questions and establish a religion

to use commodities to make homes for a group

Some members of a group hunt seals while others make clothing from fur.

Several groups come together in a confederacy and agree to stop fighting.

Some members of a group eat while other members sleep.

Several groups split from a nation and settle different areas.

Members of small nomadic groups would vote to reach decisions, while a chief made decisions in an Indian confederacy.

Members of small nomadic groups elected councils, while members of Indian confederacies chose advisers.

A male member led most small nomadic groups, while councils made decisions in Indian confederacies.

Female members led small nomadic groups and selected the councils of Indian confederacies.

The Five Nations were small groups that survived because they kept other groups out.

The "Roots to the Tree" was the seat of power in the Iroquois Confederacy.

The Great Peace brought all Iroquois together in one group that lived in the Tree of the Long Leaves.

The Confederate Council was the decision-making body for all members of the Iroquois Confederacy.

The groups exchanged different goods, and their economies grew.

The groups shared resources, which caused their economies to shrink.

The groups competed for resources, which caused their economies to shrink.

The groups exchanged the same goods so their economies stayed the same.