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Native American Peoples Sketch

Native American Peoples Sketch. On your piece of paper – Name of the group Years the group flourished Place or areas the group flourished 3-5 Achievements, Adaptations, or Characteristics of the group A picture to represent one aspect of their culture. Hohokam. 300 BC – 1500 AD

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Native American Peoples Sketch

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  1. Native American Peoples Sketch • On your piece of paper – • Name of the group • Years the group flourished • Place or areas the group flourished • 3-5 Achievements, Adaptations, or Characteristics of the group • A picture to represent one aspect of their culture

  2. Hohokam • 300 BC – 1500 AD • Desert West (SW US and N. Mexico) • Canals for irrigation • Earthen mound crops • Pithouses (using adobe –clay and straw)

  3. Anasazi • 100 BC – 1300 AD • Desert West near Hohokam (Mesa Verde) • Pueblos – similar to modern apartments • Kivas – underground rooms (meetings/ religious ceremonies) • Cliff-dwellings for protection

  4. Hopewell • 200 BC – 500 AD • Eastern Woodlands of NA (OH &MI river valleys) • Built large stone and earth mounds as burial sites • Extensive trade network • Organized society

  5. Mississippian • Later – after Hopewell (600-1500 AD) • Eastern Woodlands (OH & MI river valleys) • Built 1st N. American cities (Cahokia) • Mound builders • Clear division of social classes

  6. Inuit • 1000 AD – descendents still around today • Arctic regions of NA • Skilled hunters (kayaks  sea animals) • Skilled fishers • Built igloos (ice block houses)

  7. Iroquois • 1100 – descendents still around today (height 1400 – 1800) • Eastern N. American forests (NY) • Longhouses • Trapped animals, farmed beans, squash, maize • Iroquois League formed from different tribes

  8. Plains Indians • 1750 at their height (horse culture dominates) • NA Mid-west, Great Plains • Developed sign language to communicate • Once Europeans came, used horses to herd buffalo – central to life

  9. Olmec • 1200 BC – 300 AD • Gulf Coast of Southern Mexico • Built 1st large towns in Mesoamerica (La Venta) • 1st Mesoamerican writing system, calendar • Towns served as ceremonial, political, religious centers (Large stone heads and tombs) • Extensive trade network (rubber, pottery, furs) • 1st to play popular ball game

  10. Zapotec • 1500 BC – 750 AD • Southern Mexico • Monte Alban – first true city in Mesoamerica (pyramids, temples, palace show Olmec influence) • Ball court and observatory • Neighborhoods  pop of 35,000 at its height

  11. Toltec • 900 AD – 1200 AD • Highlands of central Mexico • Capital at Tula • Militaristic nature • Artsy • Climate change and social conflict caused downfall

  12. Chavin • 900 – 200 BC • Highlands of Peru • Chavin de Huantar urban religious and trading center • Grew different crops in different climates/heights • Well known for farming methods

  13. Moche • 400 BC – 600 AD • Coastal plains of Peru • Built irrigation canals to farm in desert • Known for metalwork (gold, silver) • Known for pottery

  14. Nazca • 200 BC – 600 AD • Coastal desert of Peru • Known for Nazca lines – geometric shapes and outlines drawn on desert floor • Built irrigation canals to farm in desert

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