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19 Cards in this Set
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the land bridge theory says early people came into North America from |
Asia |
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movement of people |
migration |
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the main reason early people in the Americas began to live in larger, more settled villages |
they developed agriculture |
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Which early civilization developed a counting system that included 0? |
the Mayan |
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What was used to group Eastern Woodland peoples as Iroquoian or Algonquian? |
the language they spoke |
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major purpose of the Iroquois League |
resolve conflicts among people and groups |
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What is the most important natural resource for the Plains Indians AFTER water? |
buffalo |
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Why did Native Americans in the Arctic band together? |
when food was scarce, the families shared seal meat |
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Scientists learn about life or early people in America through |
artifacts |
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Native Americans held this to celebrate a cultural or religious event |
ceremony |
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this helped Native Americans to produce more goods |
division of labor |
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What depended on the supply of food and natural resources for Native Americans? |
economy |
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What had a strong influence on the Mayan cities? |
Olmec culture |
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Why were trees more important to Northwest Coast and Eastern Woodlands Native Americans than to the Plains Indians? |
Trees provided wood used to make tools, canoes, and longhouses. Trees were also a food source. Plains Native Americans did not have forests. |
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What other resources did the Northwest Coast people have that were important to their economy? |
salmon and whales |
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What features are common most civilization? |
ways of life, religion, and learning |
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What unique feature of an early civilization have you read about? |
add YOUR answer here |
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How did the people of the Arctic learn to adapt their shelters to the available resources? |
They had no trees, so people used blocks of ice to build shelters called igloos. Summer shelters were made of sod or sealskin tents. |
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What are the natural resources used to build tepees, longhouses, and pueblos? |
animal skins stretched over wooden poles trees adobe bricks |
