Chapter 1, Section 3, North American Peoples
In the 1500's what 2 new groups settled in the Southwest?
Apache and Navajo.
What shapes of animals did the Hopewell people build mounds in?
Bears, snakes, and birds.
How did the Inuit survive?
Built igloos, clothing of sealskins an fur, and thier clothing was waterproof
Some mounds had underground areas called....
Burial Chambers
In the southwest, what did people do to adapt to their environment?
By improving irrigation techniques.
On land what did the Inuit hunt?
Caribou.
What were the Hohokam experts at doing?
Collecting water from the dirt.
The Southeast held which Iroquois peoples?
Creek, Chickasaw, and Cherokee
How did the Anasazi make their houses?
Cut into cliffs.
What was on person who wrote the confederacy of peace for the Iroquois?
Dekanawidah
Why did the Anasazi start leaving and making small communities?
Droughts started.
What have archaeologists find in mounds?
Freshwater pearls, shells, cloth, and copper.
How did the Pomo make flour?
Gathering acorns and pounded them.
Who were the SouthWEST people?
Hopi, Acoma,and Zuni.
Where did the Anasazi live house-wise?
Houses with big stone dwellings.
What did the people of the West use wood for?
Houses, canoes,cloth, and baskets.
Where did the Cahokia live, present-day?
Illinois
When the Iroquois tribes joined, what were they called?
Iroquois Confederacy
When did the Iroquois groups stop warring with each other?
Late 1500's
Where did the Creek live?
Loosely-knit farming communities in present-day Georgia and Alabama.
What did people of the Southwest grow/farm?
Maize, beans, squash, melons, pumpkins, and fruit.
What different jobs did men and women have in the plains?
Men hunted deer, antelope, and buffalo. Women tended maize, squash, and beans.
Where was the largest cliff dwelling and what was it called for the Anasazi?
Mesa Verde in Colorado.
How many rooms and kivas did Pueblo Bonito have?
More than 800 rooms and 32 kivas.
What were the 5 Iroquois groups?
Onondaga, Seneca, Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga
What did the Hohokam leave behind?
Pottery, carved stones, and shells
What did the Woman do in the Poman society?
Pounding acorns and gathering.
Where did the Chickasaw live?
Present-day Mississippi
What were Anasazi villages called?
Pueblos
In the 1600s what did the people of the southwest start to raise?
Sheep
What did the Ute and Shoshone eat?
Small game,pine nuts, juniper berries, roots, and some insects.
When Spanish brought horses to Mexico,how did the people of the plains get them?
Some of them got loose.
What type of communities and houses did the Navajo make?
Stationary communities with square houses called hogans.
What material was the people of the Southwest homes made out of?
Sun-dried brick called adobe.
Some mounds, on the top, had what in it?
Temples to worship Gods
People of the plains' homes were called...
Tepees
What was a very big mound that was shaped like a snake called?
The Great Serpent Mound
What 2 nations formed law codes and federations?
The Iroquois and Cherokee
What was the largest mound in Cahokia called and what was it's measurement?
The Monks Mound and it rises about 100 feet tall.
Where did the Inuit live?
The Northernmost part of North America
Which people hunted deer, fished in rivers,and gathered roots and berries to survive living in the West?
The Yakima and New Perce
Where did the Hohokam live?
The desert.
Where did the Anasazi live in present-day areas?
The four corners, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico
Who was the Cahokia?
The latest settlement of the mound builders.
Where did the Cherokee farm?
The mountains of Georgia and Carolinas
What did the mounds of earth in central North America look like?
The pyramids of the Maya and Aztec
Where did the Chickasaw farm?
The river bottom lands.
How did horses help the Comanche and Dakota nations?
They learned to hunt on horseback and use horses in war.
How did cliff dwellings help the Anasazi?
They offered protection from harsh winter weather and and were easy to defend.
Who were the people of the West?
Tlingit, Haida, and Chinook
Why did the Hohokam make channels in the ground?
To farm.
What did the Creek grow?
Tobacco, corn, and squash
How did the Hohokam get shells?
Traded with people near the coast
How did the people of the West fish and what fish did they eat?
Using spears and traps catching salmon.
Who were the people who had to be nomadic because their soil was rocky and hard?
Ute and Shoshone
On water what did the Inuit hunt?
Whales,seals,and walruses
What type of climate did the southeast have?
A warmer one.
When was the first ceremonial mounds built?
1000 B.C
When did the Hopewell people live?
200 B.C to A.D 500
Women held all positions of power in the Iroquois nations, what did they vote on?
50 men who serve in the League council
When did the Anasazi build Pueblos in North America?
A.D 1000
When was Cahokia built?
A.D 1100
When did the Hohokam civilization begin to decline?
A.D 1300
When did the Hohokam culture start flourishing?
A.D 300 to A.D 1300
Who were the earliest mound builders, then who were after the earliest mound builders?
Adena then the Hopewell.
What group flourished in the Ohio Valley around 800 B.C?
Adena.