Period 1 (Before Europeans)

Question 1

Before _, there were no Europeans in the Americas.

Answer 1

1491

Question 2

Were all tribes a big group?

Answer 2

No, the term, “indians” was made by Europeans, and they saw themselves different from each other

Question 3

Where did the tribes live?

Answer 3

All of Americas

Question 4

Where is the Arctic Circle?

Answer 4

The Arctic

Question 5

Where is Tierra del Fuego?

Answer 5

Tip of Argentina

Question 6

Were the Natives at peace?

Answer 6

Were at war with each other (for a variety of reasons) or at peace

Question 7

Who lived in the Mexico and Southwest?

Answer 7

Aztec/Mexica and Pueblos

Question 8

What kind of culture and government did the Aztecs have?

Answer 8

Militant warrior tradition, polytheistic, feudalism, with a priestly class

Question 9

What is fuedalism?

Answer 9

A single monarch rules over local rulers

Question 10

What was Aztec gender roles like?

Answer 10

Patriarchy, but women could own property and agree to business contracts

Question 11

Aztec economy

Answer 11

Agricultural (sometimes cacao beans = currency)

Question 12

How did the Aztecs cultivate crops?

Answer 12

Chinampa

Question 13

What were the Pueblos?

Answer 13

Related, but culturally distinct tribes

Question 14

Pueblo society

Answer 14

Complex agricultural, with villages of multi-story buildings made out of local materials (mud)

Question 15

Western Pueblos vs. Eastern Pubelos

Answer 15

Dry Farming vs. Irrigation

Question 16

Similarities of Western vs. Eastern Pueblos

Answer 16

Both focused on 3 Sisters

Question 17

3 Sisters

Answer 17

Squash, beans, and corn

Question 18

Significance of Mexico and South west tribes

Answer 18

One of the major sources of domesticated crops; Squash, beans, and cotton were first cultivated there

Question 19

Chinampa

Answer 19

Floating rectangular plots of land on lake beds

Question 20

American Indians of Great Plain culture

Answer 20

Basically nomadic, with big focus on hunting and gathering

Question 21

Important resource of American Indians of Great Plain

Answer 21

American Bison/Buffalo

Question 22

Supplies buffalo provided

Answer 22

Tepees

Question 23

Men role in American Indians of Great Plains

Answer 23

Hunt, trade, politics

Question 24

Women role in American Indians of Great Plains

Answer 24

Made clothing and oversaw family tepee

Question 25

Language of American Indians of Great Plains

Answer 25

PISL: Plains Indian Sign Language

Question 26

Midwest Indians society

Answer 26

Mostly stationary, but some nomadic

Question 27

Important resource for Midwest Indians

Answer 27

Maize

Question 28

What did Midwest Indians do for resources?

Answer 28

Trade

Question 29

What are Cahokia Mounds

Answer 29

Remnants of pre-columbian cities of Mississippian culture

Question 30

What are the Native Americans that lived in the Great Plains identified as?

Answer 30

American Indians of the Great Plains

Question 31

What are the Native Americans that lived in the Northeast identified as?

Answer 31

American Indians of the Northeast

Question 32

American Indians of the Northeast agriculture

Answer 32

Companion planting

Question 33

How do the 3 Sisters demonstrate companion planting?

Answer 33

Cornstalks provided structure for beans to grow up, while squash held moisture in soil

Question 34

What did the American Indians of the Northeast not do?

Answer 34

Maintain livestock or use technology

Question 35

How did American Indians of the Northeast cross bodies of water?

Answer 35

Large canoes and rafts, which couldn't cross oceans

Question 36

What was an important resource of American Indians of the Pacific Coast?

Answer 36

Acorns

Question 37

What did the American Indians of the Pacific Coast do, instead of traditional agriculture?

Answer 37

Forest gardening

Question 38

What resources were important to the American Indians of the Pacific Northwest?

Answer 38

- Salmon, spiritually and materially | - Shellfish and root crops

Question 39

What was a Potlatch to the American Indians of the Pacific Northwest?

Answer 39

A gift-giving feast for parties/important occasions