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15 Cards in this Set
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The Great Ice Age
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- land mass between Siberia & Alaska is called Beringia
- bridge connected Asian & American continents. -Earliest people migrated across Beringia, hunted mammoths, mastodons & horses - nomatic game hunters survived on meat, skin, & bone of these animals |
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Hunting & Agriculture
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- hunters relied on "clovis" points
- made from bones of large animals & were more reliable than (earlier stone arrow points) |
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Primitive Cultures
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- thatched huts/ wooden houses/ boats to fish
- shell money |
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Tribes near California
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- Paiute
- Pomo - Shoshone - Ute - Yurok |
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Tribes in Alaska
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- Aleuts
- Aleutian island off southern Alaska |
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Northeastern United States
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- Algonquin- speaking tribes such as Shawnee & Iraquios Federation
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Southeast North America
(Florida & Georgia) |
- Cherokee, Choctaw, Seminole
- highly organized governments & economic systems |
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Northern Alaska
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- Inuit indians
- igloos, kayaks, dogsleds |
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Southeast United States
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- Anasazi culture developed by Hopi indians
- walled towns, sides of inaccessible mountains/ mesas |
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From Mississippi River into Ohio
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- mound-building culture
- town called Cahokia |
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Great Plains of United States
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- nomads lived in tepees
- followed & hunted herds of bison - original tribe was called Blackfoot |
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Migrated from Canada to Southwestern United States
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- Navajos & Apaches
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Northwestern United States
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- Nez Pierce Spokane
- Okanagon - Walla Walla tribes - advanced agriculture & cultural traditions |
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Indian Cultures
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- indians cultivated corn, sunflowers, cotton crops
- headman managed irrigation matters - council of men made decisions w/ unanimous consent - ceremonies were a way of life were focused on bringing rain |
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Southwest Indians
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- Anasazis lived at the "four corners" in Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, & Colorado
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