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Early Native Americans
- People first came to the Americas thousands
of years ago. At the time, a drop in sea level
in the Bering Strait created a land bridge
connecting Asia and North America.
- land bridge
- Americas
- North America + Central America +
South America + the Caribbean
- North America + Central America +
South America + the Caribbean
- Early people depended on hunting for food, so
they probably walked across the land bridge
following animals. Over time, people built
great societies throughout the Americas.
- We call the people who first lived in
North American Native Americans or
American Indians. There were many
different groups of Native Americans.
Each group had its own way of life..
- Native Americans = American Indians
- the people who first lived in North America
- natural environment --> ways of life
- Arctic (very cold)
- people
- Inuit, Inupiaq, others
- Inuit, Inupiaq, others
- food
- hunted marine animals, birds,
& large mamaals
- hunted marine animals, birds,
& large mamaals
- housing
- houses called igloos (snow + ice)
- houses called igloos (snow + ice)
- other
- animal skins --> warm clothes
& kayaks (small boats)
- animal skins --> warm clothes
& kayaks (small boats)
- people
- Northeast
- people
- Mohawks, Iroquois
- Mohawks, Iroquois
- food
- hunted animals + planted crops
- hunted animals + planted crops
- other
- a representative form of government
& used by Founding Fathers
- a representative form of government
& used by Founding Fathers
- people
- Great Plains
- food
- hunted animals (buffalo)
- hunted animals (buffalo)
- housing
- homes from soil, wood frames, teepees
- homes from soil, wood frames, teepees
- other
- developed a cultural around the buffalo
- developed a cultural around the buffalo
- food
- Pacific Northwest
- Southwest (dry)
- people
- Pueblo Indians, Anasazi
- Pueblo Indians, Anasazi
- food
- grew crops
(collected rain water)
- grew crops
(collected rain water)
- housing
- Pueblo - homes of adoboe;
Anasazi - sides of cliffs
- Pueblo - homes of adoboe;
Anasazi - sides of cliffs
- other
- developed an agricultural system
that used irrigation
- developed an agricultural system
that used irrigation
- people
- Southeast (swampy)
- peolpe
- Seminole, Greek, others
- Seminole, Greek, others
- food
- grew food &
hunted in the
woodlands
- grew food &
hunted in the
woodlands
- housing
- chickees
- chickees
- peolpe
- Arctic (very cold)
- natural environment --> ways of life
- the people who first lived in North America
- These early people did not have a written
language, but they left behind petroglyphs,
pottery, and weavings. They also left
behind homes and mounds. Historians
study these artifacts and sites to learn
about the lives of early Native Americans.
- weaving
- cloth made from thread or fibers
- cloth made from thread or fibers
- mound
- a small hill that may be either
natural or created by people
- a small hill that may be either
natural or created by people
- petroglyph
- a stone with writing or
iamges carved on it
- a stone with writing or
iamges carved on it
- pottery
- objects made from clay
- objects made from clay
- weaving
- Native Americans = American Indians
- hunting
- chase and kill wild
animals for food
- chase and kill wild
animals for food
- society
- a large group of people
who share the sam culture
- a large group of people
who share the sam culture
- We call the people who first lived in
North American Native Americans or
American Indians. There were many
different groups of Native Americans.
Each group had its own way of life..
- land bridge
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