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North Americans before Christopher Columbus. 8th Grade Social Studies . Four Culture Regions. Native Americans have been classified into four culture regions. . Four Culture Regions. A Culture Region is a place where methods of living are the same.
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North Americans before Christopher Columbus 8th Grade Social Studies
Four Culture Regions • Native Americans have been classified into four culture regions.
Four Culture Regions • A Culture Region is a place where methods of living are the same. • Culture still exist today. Think of an example.
Four Culture Regions • Four Native American Culture Regions were . . .
Four Culture Regions Pacific Northwest Plains Desert Southwest Eastern Woodlands
Four Culture Regions 3. 1. 2. 4.
Pacific Northwest • What modern states did this cultural group call home? • Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Northern California, Idaho
Pacific Northwest • What did they eat? And how did they get their food? • Seafood was the major ingredient in their diet. They fished with spears in lakes and rivers, and hunted whales in the ocean.
Pacific Northwest • How did they adapt to their environment? • They built their homes near water ways to be near their food. Their homes were made from wood with slanted roofs and sometimes on stilts.
Desert Southwest • What modern states did this cultural group call home? • Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico
Desert Southwest • What did they eat? And how did they get their food? • They dug canals to plant gardens for food.
Desert Southwest • How did they adapt to their environment? • They built clay homes out of dried mud called “adobe.” These home were usually built in canyons or the tops of mesas.
Plains • What modern states did this cultural group call home? • North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas
Plains • What did they eat? And how did they get their food? • Buffalo was the source of life for the Plains culture. They used the buffalo for food, clothing, tools, and weapons.
Plains • How did they adapt to their environment? • Most of the years these people lived in tipis, which are moveable homes. This was necessary because they always followed the buffalo.
Eastern Woodlands • What modern states did this cultural group call home? • All states along the east coast including North Carolina.
Eastern Woodlands • What did they eat? And how did they get their food? • They hunted animals in the forests and farmed the fertile soil.
Eastern Woodlands • How did they adapt to their environment? • Since most of the land was forest, they used “slash and burn” to clear land for planting crops.