Final Review 1st Quarter

NM has 6 life zones due to elevation differences

The Continental Divide

Clans, hogans, sand paintings, North West NM, Weaving, Sheep Ranching, 4 sacred mountains.

NM's population is diverse, primarily consisting of

The Rocky Mountains

The Basin and Range Region

The Apache are known for

What are possible reasons the Ancestral Puebloans left Chaco Canyon?

Which region is NM located in?

The Colorado Plateau

The Clovis and Folsom were Paleo

These people were nomadic, big game hunters who used spears to hunt in the Ice Age.

NM is short on water. It is considered our most precious resource

Which crops were the "3 sisters" or Tres Hermanas?

The Pueblos did not have windows or doors on the first floor for protection against invasion.

NM is the 5th largest state in size.

The Great Plains

10,000 years ago, our climate

Nomadic bands with tipis or wickiups, three groups in NM. Ceremonial dances and bead work.

Dry Farming involves

Anasazi are also know as the Ancestral Puebloans

How did the atlatl and bow and arrow improve hunting?

Which people groups are the Dine?

Which is a secondary source?

Semi nomadic, seasonal farmers, during a changing climate. Used atlatl and lived in pit houses.

Lived in villages along the Rio Grande in multi-family adobe dwellings. Kivas and Kachinas

Which reservation is the largest in our nation

Farming enabled Early People to become Sedentary

Sedentary, full time farmers who made pottery, used the bow & arrow and lived in Pueblo homes.