Unit 1 The First Americans

1. Unit 1The First Americans Lessons 1-3

2. Vocabulary • nomad • migration • agriculture • adapt • technology • archaeology • artifact • The study of objects to learn about life from the past • A person with no permanent home who travels from place to place • The skill of raising plants and animals for human use • An object made by people • Movement from one place to another • The use of scientific knowledge to solve problems • To change the way one lives to fit different conditions

3. A groups’ stories and customs • An accepted way of doing something • A set of customs that people create over time • More than is needed • A system of faith or worship • A system for organizing resources, such as money and goods • A set of activities done for a special purpose • To focus on one kind of product or activity • custom • tradition • folklore • ceremony • religion • surplus • specialize • economy

4. A system of laws and the people who carry them out • To talk to and work with others • To trade goods for other goods without the use of money • interact • barter • government

5. Why did members of the Great Plains groups have different homes at different times of the year? In the ____________, the Great Plains groups lived in ___________ __________ and grew __________. In Summer, they left to hunt ____________ and lived in _____________. Spring lodges earth crops buffalo teepees

6. Why did American Indians locate their villages near water? • People and animals need __________ to survive. • They ate _________ from rivers and used rivers for __________. • They used the water for _____________. water fish travel irrigation

7. Why did some of the American Indians of the Great Plains travel? They followed herds of ___________ which was their ___________ source. buffalo food

8. How did celebrations and ceremonies play an important role in American Indian cultures? • Religion • Culture • Nature • All of the above

9. When did the Eastern Woodland Iroquois Indians hold harvest celebrations? • When crops were gathered • After a day of rain • Once the seeds were planted • Each night after sunset

10. In what ways have the American Indians shared stories about their culture? American Indians had storytellers who knew their ____________. Most stories were spoken, ___________, or ___________. folklore chanted sung

11. What was the purpose of a potlatch in the Pacific Northwest? It had a _________ purpose. The ________ gave away goods to the other members of the village to show how well he ____________ the group’s ____________. chief social controlled resources

12. Why was the Iroquois Confederacy formed? Why did they meet? The Iroquois Confederacy united _______ groups in order to solve problems related to ________ _______, trade, and _______. The council discussed an issue until every chief agreed on a ___________. five land use war solution

13. How did increases in surpluses of food and specialized work help American Indian economies develop? Specialized ________ and food _________ allowed people to trade their goods for things they could not make themselves. _______ helped the economies grow. work surpluses Trade

14. How did interacting within American Indian groups affect their needs and wants? As people interacted, they were introduced to new ______ and _____ . Trade helped groups meet their needs. People began to _______ for goods they discovered through trade. goods ideas barter

15. Pacific Northwest and Desert SouthwestIndian Groups

16. Great PlainsEastern WoodlandsIndian Groups