Chapter 1: Roots Of The American People Flashcards
5 Themes of Geography
Movement, Region, Human-Environment Interaction, Location, and Place
Land Bridge Theory
A theory that states that humans reached the Americas by a land bridge
Culture
The way of life of a group of people
Primary Source
Sources that are directly related to the subject you are researching
Secondary Source
Sources that are not directly related to the subject you are researching
Northeast Native Americans
Iroquis and Algonquin
Adapted to their invirornment since there were stable resources the Iroquis built permanent houses called longhouses
Algonquins were nomadic and hunted
Northwest Native Americans
Inuit
Adapted to environment by builted houses to stay warm and making clothes out of pelts
Southwest Native Americans
Pueblo
Adapted to inviornment by collecting rainwater to store and they built buildings out of mud
Great Plains Native Americans
Cheyenne
Name is not as important as the names of the other natives
Adapted to environment by having light teepees so they can follow buffalo and used every part of the buffalo