The varied cultures of Native Americans How did people inhabit North American?

Main Ideas Addressed How and why did man begin to settle down and begin to develop communities? How environment impacts culture and lifestyle. How does surplus impact technology?

Vocabulary Migration Surplus Irrigation Suppliment Culture Tidewater region Coastal Plain Piedmont Mountains Matrilinial

How did people get here?

Land Bridge Theory Ice Age caused Ocean levels to drop. Herds of animals moved across land bridge. Hunter Gathers followed herds as they traveled to hunt them. People began to spread out across North America

How did people get here?

1.Paleo Indians: use the land bridge to travel 2.Archaic Indians: seasonal travel & discover the territory 3.Woodland Indians: villages begin and people settle down in smaller areas 4.Mississippi Indians: tribes begin and regional differences develop. Lots of evidence is left in order to study these people. Four Stages of Mans Settlement

How did Man stop moving? Man stop moving and began to plant their food to supplement hunting. Irrigation: watering crops by channeling water from rivers and streams. Began to grow a surplus: more food than they needed to survive.

Started Farming Then What? Culture: means way of life Culture area, regions in which groups of people have a similar way of life. Having shared beliefs Different cultures developed based on peoples environment.

Different Native American Cultures in North American Great Plains: Farming, and hunting buffalo, lived in earth lodges, and tepees made of animal skins. Eastern Woodlands: Eastern U.S. Hunting, farming, wooden homes, gathered berries Algonquian Iroquois Southeast: Hot humid, farming and hunting Far North: Arctic Area, hunters, snow homes Northwest: Groups from Southern Alaska to Northern California, roamed fests, gathered, fished, permanent homes. Far West: Variety of climates Variety of homes, from pit homes, cone shaped houses, wooden houses Southwest: Desert like, farming, Built large Adobe, (sun dried brick) homes and apartments

Power Point Quiz What is the name of the theory that explains how human arrived in North America? What weather event made the movement of man possible? What determines culture? What is a Hunter Gatherer? What did man begin to do that stopped him from moving? What is surplus? How did surplus impact culture? How does surplus impact technology?

First People and the Regions North Carolina

Chapter 1: The Lay of the Land Section 1: The Tidewater RegionThe Tidewater Region Section 2: The Coastal Plain RegionThe Coastal Plain Region Section 3: The Piedmont RegionThe Piedmont Region Section 4: The Mountains RegionThe Mountains Region North Carolina has 4 Regions

North Carolina Regions Tidewater: Islands, Barrier Islands (outer banks), Capes: Fear, Hatteras Sounds:Albemarle, Pamlico Coastal Plain: prime agricultural region, Sandhills growth of tobacco towns Piedmont: Red clay soil, fall line, more manufactoring Mountains: Appalachians run from NY to Alabama Mt Mitchell highest point, continential divide Early settlers isolated in valleys

Major Tribes in North Carolina Algonquin Tribes: These tribes all spoke the Algonquin language; Chowanoc, Pasquotank, Waccamaw Live along coast, depended on fish fruits nuts Tuscarora live along Neuse and Tar rivers Connected with Iroquois Nation of New York Catawba largest group, lived in piedmont connected to the Sious tribes of the Great Plains Cherokee Lived in North Carolina mountains

Native American Beliefs and Habits Families or clans were connected through the mothers Matrillineal Tribes governed by consensus, majority agreement on rules Nature was respected and at center of beliefs

Everything changed for the Native Americans when European Nations began to explore

Timeline: How does movement effect the technology of the people?