The Native AmericansChapter 1

Migration Routes of the First AmericansMigrated: To move from one place to another

and establish a home.Land Bridge: The ocean water dropped,

exposing a wide bridge between Asia and North America called Beringia.-Asian mammals moved east across the bridge, followed by Sibirian hunters

Adapting to EnvironmentNative Americans has to adapt to the

environment, climate, and natural resources.Using Natural ResourcesAnimal Skins: used for clothingBones: Used to make goggles to protect from

sun glare

CaliforniaOregon to Baja CaliforniaSierra Nevada mountain range

Food Sources: Salmon, deer rabbits.Clothing: Grass skirts and animal hidesHousing: Used the bark from the redwood

trees and made cone shaped homes using poles

Great Basin/PlateauBetween the Sierra Nevada's to the Rocky

MountainsLimited food and water. Few lived here due to

extreme temperature and sparse rainfall

Plateau (Wyoming, Montana, Dakotas)-Villages built along major rivers

Food: Rely on fish and plants for foodClothing: Weaving skills for baskets. Deer/antelope

hidesHousing: Built partly underground

Southwest Present day Arizona, New Mexico, Utah,

Colorado-Heat, lack of water made living difficult

Mesa People: grew fields of corn, beans, and squash

-lived on high top, flat areas-used adobe to build homesthat looked like apartments-Corn was the most importantcrop

Great Plains Vast area of treeless grasslandsBuffalo Hunters-ambushed the buffalo.

Bows made of buffalo tendons, with wooden arrow, tipped with sharp stones. They would trap buffalo and force them off a cliff

Uses of buffalo-food, bone knives, waterproof containers and bedding. Horns and hooves used as spoons and bowls

Eastern Woodlands/SoutheastEastern Woodlands: Iroquois tribes

-Lived in longhouses. Many families in one home.

Southeast: Lived in humid areas. Houses were called mounds. Very fertile region