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Early American Cultures: Geography, Climate, and Social Structures

Learn about how geography and climate influenced early people's way of life, from nomadic lifestyles to agricultural advancements, through migration and adaptation. Discover the importance of technology, archaeology, and artifacts in understanding the past. Explore common ways of life among American Indian cultures and how they collaborated through specialization, surplus, and economic interactions.

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Early American Cultures: Geography, Climate, and Social Structures

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  1. The First Americans Grade 5 Unit 1

  2. Lesson 1How did geography and climate affect how early people lived? • Nomad • Migration • Adapt • Agriculture • Technology • Archeology • Artifact

  3. Noun A person No permanent home Travels from place to place Nomad

  4. Noun Movement From one place to another Migration

  5. Verb To change Fit different conditions/ surroundings Different way of life Adapt

  6. Agriculture • Noun • A skill • Raising plants or animals • For human use

  7. Technology • Noun • -ology: the study or use of something • Used to solve problems • Use of scientific knowledge (how things work) • NOT only computer!

  8. Noun -ology: the study or use of something Use of objects Used to learn about the past Archeology

  9. Noun Object Made by people Artifact

  10. Lesson 1How did geography and climate affect how early people lived? • Nomad • Migration • Adapt • Agriculture • Technology • Archeology • Artifact

  11. Lesson 2 What common ways of life developed among American Indian cultures? • Custom • Tradition • Folklore • Ceremony • Religion

  12. Custom • Noun • Accepted, normal • A way of doing things

  13. Tradition • Noun • Customs may become traditions • Created over time

  14. Folklore • Noun • Group’s stories • Group’s customs • Spoken, chanted, or sung

  15. Ceremony • Noun • Set of activities • To serve a special purpose

  16. Religion • Noun • A system of faith or worship

  17. Lesson 2 What common ways of life developed among American Indian cultures? • Custom • Tradition • Folklore • Ceremony • Religion

  18. Lesson 3How did American Indian groups work together? • Surplus • Specialize • Economy • Interact • Barter • Government

  19. Surplus • Noun • More than is needed • Extra

  20. Specialize • Verb • To focus on one skill • To focus on one type of product

  21. Economy • Noun • System • Organization of resources • How to get and spend things

  22. Interact • Verb • To talk • To work • With others

  23. Barter • Verb • To trade • Goods for goods • Without the use of money

  24. Government • Noun • A system of laws • the people who carry out the laws

  25. Lesson 3How did American Indian groups work together? • Surplus • Specialize • Economy • Interact • Barter • Government

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