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Cultures of North America

Cultures of North America. Ch. 12, Sec. 3. Eastern Mound Builders. Lived in North America along the area’s many rivers: rivers provided drinking water and fish to eat Hunted deer, turkey, bears, and even squirrels Gathered acorns, pecans, and walnuts. The Adena. Lived in the Ohio Valley

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Cultures of North America

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  1. Cultures of North America Ch. 12, Sec. 3

  2. Eastern Mound Builders • Lived in North America along the area’s many rivers: rivers provided drinking water and fish to eat • Hunted deer, turkey, bears, and even squirrels • Gathered acorns, pecans, and walnuts

  3. The Adena Lived in the Ohio Valley Constructed mounds for burials, storage for weapons, and homes Believed they traded with far away civilizations because they made objects out of supplies they did not have in the valley

  4. The Hopewell Built larger mounds than the Adena Did not have an organized civilization with one ruler Small communities with local leaders of each Grew more crops and traded to further away places than the Adena Drought, overpopulation, or lack of heat could of caused the demise of the Hopewells

  5. The Mississippians • Lived along rivers and built mounds • Were able to grow a surplus of food that allowed them to be protected from drought and starvation • Cities were established up and down the Mississippi river and still exist today

  6. Southwest and Great Plains • Anasazi: Located in the Southwest, US • Created a system of roads to trade between the Anasazicommunities Archaeologists have found turquoise jewelry, baskets, pottery, shells, and feathers from thousands of years ago

  7. Land is desert so Anasazi created canals and dams to trap water to grow maize, beans, and squash • Pueblos: Homes built of stone. Kivas were special round rooms built for religious ceremonies. Built them many stories tall

  8. Pueblo People • Lived in the New Mexico region • Planted crops in river bottoms due to a lack of rain • Believed in spirits called Kachinas • Practiced many ceremonies to pray to the Kachinas for; rain, wild animals to hunt, and harvests

  9. The Plains Indians • Land west of the Mississippi River and East of the Rocky Mountains • Flat grassy land • Many different tribes lived in these lands; Mandan, Sioux, Omaha • Some were farmers, others followed herds of bison for food, lived in tipis • Many suffered from disease brought from the Europeans

  10. The Woodlands • Lived in the Eastern United States in the forests and hunted and fished for food. • Lived in wooden homes and made totem poles • Totem poles were painted with mythical images and animals that represented the families lineage • 5 nations; Mohawk, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Oneida formed the Iroquois League

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