people and societies of the north

Question 1

what was the major economic activity for most of the people in N america prior to european contact?

Answer 1

hunting
fighting
finding edible plants

Question 2

describe the agricultural large-scale civilization of North America

Answer 2

• pueblo and Navajo: started making stone buildings
• Owasco: NY
• Iroquois nations: women in charge of village and men in charge outside village (hunting,fishing,war)

–built mounds to honor gods

Question 3

what did the trading networks of N America follow?

Answer 3

rivers

• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Ohio
• Tennessee rivers and their tributaries

by canoe