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Native American Culture Areas
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- 1prehistorytime before written record
- 2precontactbefore European contact
- 3matrilinealfamily lineage is traced through the mother's side of the family
- 4alliesfriends
- 5Paleo-IndiansFirst group of humans to make their way to the Americas by crossing the Beringia land bridge
- 6Mesoamericanspeople living in Mesoamerica
(located in Central America and Mexico)
Early civilizations in the Americas
Some of the civilizations were the
Aztec, Mayan, Incas, and Toltecs
- 7Karankawa Coahuiltecan AtakapanTribes located in the Gulf Culture area of Texas
- 8Kiowa Comanche ApacheTribes located in the Plains Culture area of Texas
- 9Wichita CaddoTribes located in the Southeastern Culture area of Texas
- 10Jumano TiguaTribes located in the Pubeloan Culture area of Texas
- 11confederaciesa group that works in alliance with each other
- 12Gulf culture areafisherman
hunter-gatherers
live in wigwams
sedentary
cannibalistic rituals - 13Puebloan culture arealive in adobe homes
farmers
jewelry makers
traders - 14Southeastern culture areaadvanced political culture
religious leaders
matrilineal
practice crop rotation
live in wikiups (grass huts)
sedentary - 15Plains culture areanomadic
horse tamers and riders
buffalo hunters
fierce warriors
live in teepees - 16crop rotationprocess of rotating crops so that the soil doesn't lose nutrients
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- Flashcards on Native American Culture Areas, created by ciburnett on 25/09/2014.
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