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Chapter 1. Migration Routes of the First Americans Migrated: To move from one place to another and establish a home. Land Bridge: The ocean water dropped,

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1 Chapter 1

2 Migration Routes of the First Americans Migrated: 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

3 Adapting to Environment Native Americans has to adapt to the environment, climate, and natural resources. Using Natural Resources Animal Skins: used for clothing Bones: Used to make goggles to protect from sun glare

4 California Oregon to Baja California Sierra Nevada mountain range Food Sources: Salmon, deer rabbits. Clothing: Grass skirts and animal hides Housing: Used the bark from the redwood trees and made cone shaped homes using poles

5 Great Basin/Plateau Between the Sierra Nevada's to the Rocky Mountains Limited 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 food Clothing: Weaving skills for baskets. Deer/antelope hides Housing: Built partly underground

6 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 homes that looked like apartments -Corn was the most important crop

7 Great Plains Vast area of treeless grasslands Buffalo 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

8 Eastern Woodlands/Southeast Eastern Woodlands: Iroquois tribes -Lived in longhouses. Many families in one home. Southeast: Lived in humid areas. Houses were called mounds. Very fertile region


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