1. America In The
Who were
Beginning
the first
Americans? 30,000 years ago This caused This land bridge
During a period of ocean levels to is known as
How and low temperatures _drop_____ ____Beringia___
why did they called an and expose ___.
come here? _______ice age___ ____land______.
The world was In the Bering Animals like
covered in mammoths
straight a __land
______glaciers___ crossed the
bridge__________
__ appeared bridge or
or sheets of ice.
connecting ____migrated___
___The ____ to the
Americas_______ America's.
_____& Siberia
(Asia)__________
_____

2. What America In The
happened
when they Beginning
came to
America?
How did they The ice age Living in many
Hunter's in Asia
meet their new ended different parts of the
who moved from
needs? ____warming___ Americas the
place to place to
find food or _____ up glaciers Natives needed to
_____nomads_____ adjust or
causing water
__ followed the _adapt________ to
levels to every thing in the
mammoths and
_____rise_____ new surrounds that
spread out or
_______migrated__ covering up the made up each of
__ to the America's _____land____ their own
___bridge_____. ______environments
Some animals _____
died off like in order to
______survive____.
__mammoth____
______.

3. How did
Native America In The
Americans Beginning
adjust to the
new
environments Living in many different Different groups in Many Native
? parts of the Americas different American have these
environments things in common.
the Natives used the
developed their own 1. Nature has a spirit
different natural
What did they beliefs and ways of & believe in many
___resources________ gods________.
have in life or
in their own different ______culture_______ 2. No one can own
common?
environments for food, __. Groups in the land__________.
clothing, and shelter. same environments 4. Only use what is
adapted similar life needed (no
styles, and language waste)__________.
creating cultural 5. Trade was
region____ important to most
_________. societies

4. 8 Cultural
Regions
California
Great Basin Great Plains South East
North West Coast Plateau Eastern
South West
Woodlands

5. 8 Cultural Regions

7. North West Coast
Weather:
long cold winters
cool summers
heavy rainfall
Natural Resources:
ocean/beaches
thick forests of fir,
spruce, and cedar
rugged mountains
seafood/salmon
deer, moose, bear, elk,
beaver, mountain goats
Used cedar canoes to hunt
Fenced in salmon laying
eggs
used cedar to make rope,
mats and baskets
shell needles
used wedges, sledge
hammers,
drills, and knifes to carve
wooden masks
Clothing:
Cedar water proof clothing
like capes with
decorative shell buttons
Shelter: lived near the
coast
Cedar Long Houses with
cedar bark roofs

8. California
Weather:
rainy winters
hot dry summers
Natural Resources:
ocean/coast
foothills
valley's
deserts
mountains
acorns, oak trees
grass, and plants
redwood trees
salmon/seafood/shellfish
deer, rabbits, ducks,
roots berries, pine nuts
Used Bows& arrows, snares, and
nets, used cooking stones to heat
acorn meal
tools from antlers
Clothing: grass/leather aprons
and skirts
Shelter: Cone shaped made of
redwood bark, pole, and reeds
woven into mats

9. Great Basin
Weather:
little rain
hot during the day
cold at night
Natural Resources:
mostly dessert
low areas surrounded by
mountains at the edges
with valleys that had
seasonal lakes and streams
plants that need little water like
grasses, sagebrush, pinon trees,
at the outer edges pine trees, and willow
small animals rabbits, lizards,
grasshoppers, snakes
sometimes ducks , duck eggs during certain
seasons
Seeds, berries pine nuts, roots, cattail
Tools: water baskets sealed with tree sap
Floating duck decoys, nets, sharp sticks, flat baskets for
catching seeds
Clothing: rabbit robes in winter
Shelter: Nomadic temporary cone shelters of willow,
brush and reeds

10. Plateau
Weather:
long cold winters
comfortable summers
Natural Resources:
mountains with
dense forests in areas
flatter in the center with
drier grass lands
rivers
driftwood, mud, dirt,
grass and sage brush
fish, antelope, deer, seeds
onions, carrots, camas roots,
salmon
Tools: water baskets sealed with tree
sap
Floating duck decoys, nets, sharp
sticks, flat baskets for catching seeds
Clothing: rabbit robes in winter
Shelter: Nomadic temporary cone
shelters of willow, brush and reeds

11. Great Plains
Weather:
cold winters
hot summers
Natural Resources:
mountains surrounding edges
treeless grasslands in the
center
east more water and softer
soil
west drier dense grass
Buffalo and smaller animals
Tools: woven baskets, willow
digging sticks, wooden fishing
platforms, nets, and spears for
salmon
Clothing: antelope and deer hides
leggings, dresses and skirts, woven
hats, seed and shell designs
Shelter: near rivers, partly under
ground out of driftwood, mud, sap,
and reeds

12. South West
Weather:
high temperatures
little rain
dry/arid
Natural Resources:
mountains, canyons
desserts, flat top mesas
rivers, little water
clay, brightly colored plants,
cotton
corn, beans, squash, peppers,
rabbits
Large thick walled houses
made of bricks of adobe(sun
baked clay). Up to 4 stories
and had hundreds of rooms.
Called pueblos.
Clothes were made of cotton
that they grew. Using plants
and minerals, they dyed the
fabric
Lived near naturally flooded
areas. Men dug irrigation
ditches, and also built dams to

13. Eastern Woodlands
Weather:
snowy winters , rain
Natural Resources:
rivers, ocean/coast
lots of lakes and streams
Forests, plants,
maple trees, elm,
deer, bears, beavers, birds, fish
corn, sunflowers, tobacco, vegetables,
nuts, berries
Long House: Sturdy, log-framed houses
covered with elm bark, about 20 feet wide
and over 100 feet long. Several related
families live in sections of the house.
Skirts, capes, and moccasins were made out
of deer skins.
Women ground corn with wooden sticks .
Men often paddled on the rivers and
streams in log and bark canoes . They
trapped beavers, hunted deer, bear, caught
birds, and speared fish.

14. South East
Weather:
long warm humid summers
mild winters
Natural Resources:
rivers, ocean/coast
Fertile coastal plains
mountains,
swamps
Trees, clay, shells,
corn, beans, squash,
pumpkins,
sunflowers, sweet potatoes
squirrels, rabbits, turkeys,
deer, alligators, turtles,
wild rice, persimmons
Houses were made from strips
of young trees woven into a
rectangular frame, then
plastered with clay. These
houses had pointed roofs made
of leaves.
Towns included many mounds,
first mounds were burial sights,
but others were larger, and
used as platforms for temples.