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