Chapter 1 The First Americans

Why were Native American children highly valued?

Native Americans learned to adapt to their environments and develop diverse _____

Systems for making rules and decisions to help guide groups...

The ______ or nomads traveled looking for food and followed the animal herds.

What is the one thing that DID NOT change Native American life?

To change in order to survive the conditions in nature...

A set of beliefs, rules, history, art, and way of life that are special to a certain group

Most Native Americans were religious and believed animals and earth had _____

Which Native American group based their economy on their coastal environment to farm and fish?

The __________ based their economy on their geography and the bison that lived there.

Northern Woodland Native Americans who formed a union of nations called a league...

Which family member was responsible for planting, gathering, and preparing food?

Which group of Native Americans changed the land by burning shrubs so grass would grow for deer

The civilization that created a system of writing and a calendar.

Which is NOT a reason the early people spread throughout the continent of North America?

The name for a group whose member nations share the same goals.

Which animal did the Plains people build their economy on?

Cultures who develop religions and systems for learning and passing on knowledge...

People in the same areas who share ways of doing things and living under similar conditions

Which Native American family member hunted, fished, protected, and traveled to trade?

The system by which a group makes, shares, and uses goods...

Native American group that developed agriculture

Native Americans who lived in the Southeast. They build canoes and tools to catch fish

Which family member was responsible for making clothing, household goods, and cared for kids

This civilization created the kayak and used their cold environment to their advantage.

The first peoples to come to North America came by crossing over a _______ between Asia and NA

A person who moves often in search of food...

Name for group that made decisions for their groups, members usually the society's leaders..

A system for bringing water to dry fields..

planting and raising own food or planting crops is known as .......