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Any object made by human beings

artifact
A person who studies human behavior and culture through the recovery and analysis of objects made by humans
Archaeologist
The recovery of material data remaining from the past
archaeology
The natural world; the air, water, plants, animals, weather, and other things in an area
environment
Spread out and scattered
dispersed
Data presented to prove the facts of an issue
evidence
To have gathered crops such as grains, vegetables, fruits, or other plants for the purposes of eating or using them in some way
harvested
The average weather for a region over a long period of time
climate
To have occupied or lived in an area
inhabited
A climate that is bitter cold in temperature
arctic
Very dry climate with very little rainfall
arid
Anything we use for survival; may be natural, economic or human
resources
What type of resources come directly from nature?
natural
What type of resource is a person working to produce goods and services?
human
What type of resource are goods produced and used to make other goods and services?
capital
List some examples of natural resources the American Indians used?
rivers, animals, crops
List some examples of human resources the American Indians used?
People who hunted, fished, and made clothes
List some examples of capital resources the American Indians used?
canoes, bows, spears
What type of resource is listed below? Canoe
capital
What type of resource is listed below? Bow
capital
What type of resource is listed below? Spear
capital
What type of resource is listed below? Hunter
human
What type of resource is listed below? Fisherman
human
What type of resource is listed below? Person making clothing
human
What type of resource is listed below? Rivers
natural
What type of resource is listed below? Animals
natural
What type of resource is listed below? Crops
natural
Where is Cactus Hill located?
on the Nottoway River is southeastern Virginia
How long ago was evidence of humans found at Cactus Hill?
18,000 years ago
What did scientists find at Cactus Hill?
artifacts that proved that human lived there 18,000 years ago
What is the study of human behavior through the recovery and analysis of artifacts?
Archaeology
WHO studies human behavior the recovery and analysis of artifacts?
Archaeologists
Where did scientists find evidence that humans lived in the Western Hemisphere as early as 18,000 years ago?
Cactus Hill
True or False…Scientists are not in agreement as to when and how people entered the Western Hemisphere.
True
What river is Cactus Hill located near?
Nottoway River
What part of Virginia is Cactus Hill located in?
Southeastern Virginia
True or False…Scientists agree as to when and how people entered the Western Hemisphere?
False
What do archaeologists study?
human artifacts
Where was evidence found from 18,000 years ago making it the oldest site in North America with living humans?
Cactus Hill
Which First Americans lived in Arctic areas with temperatures below freezing?
Inuit
Which First Americans lived in a rainy, mild climate?
Kwakiutl
Which First Americans lived in desert areas and areas bordering cliffs and mountains?
Pueblo
Which First Americans lived in an area characterized by dry grasslands?
Lakota
Which First Americans lived in a heavily forested area?
Iroquois
Who lived in Plank Houses?
Kwakuitl
Who lived in Igloos?
Inuit
Who lived in Teepees?
Lakota
Who lived in Longhouses?
Iroquois
Which First Americans inhabited the Southwest in present-day New Mexico and Arizona?
Pueblo
Inhabited the interior of the United States called the Great Plains?
Lakota
Which First Americans inhabited the Pacific Northwest coast?
Kwakuitl
Which First Americans inhabited northeast North America, the Eastern Woodlands?
Iroquois
Which First Americans inhabited present-day Alaska and northern Canada?
Inuit
Who lived in adobe (clay) homes?
Pueblo
Where do members of American Indian tribes live today?
They live in their homelands and many areas of North America today.
True or False…Prior to the arrival of Europeans, American Indians were dispersed across North America?
True
What 3 things did the American Indian tribes do for food?
1. Fished 2. Hunted 3. Harvested
What did American Indians use to obtain food, clothing, & shelter?
resources found in their environment
What determined what each American Indian group used for food, clothing, and shelter? Ex. Pueblo didn’t build igloos!
Geography & Climate
What did the American Indians use for clothing?
animal skins and plants
What did the American Indians use for shelter?
resources found in their environment
What did the Pueblo do for food?
farmed using irrigation ditches
What did the Inuit do for food?
hunted & fished
What did the Lakota do for food?

hunted