Pre-Contact Flashcards
3 waves of migration
The way 3 groups crossed.
Being Strait
Used by humans to cross the western hemisphere
(Iceland bride that connected Russia to Alaska)
Amerind
Moved to south america over 100 years.
Ancestors of Aztec,Mayan,Iroquois,and Algonquian.
Na-Dene
Came south and spread across Canada and american west.
All Canadian indians are Na-Den (also Apache/Navajo)
Inuit
Spread east towards top of Canada to Greenland and Iceland.
Mesoamerica
Modern day Mexico and central america.
Had 3 groups of natives.
Olmec
Created a calendar,writing system,and farming methods.
Mayans
Perfected the calendar and writing system. Also created mathematical system.
Aztecs
Dominated through aggression
Had farming and human sacrifice
Elaborate city-center
1492- had a population of 200 thousand
Southwest
learned to cultivate crops that were drought resistant.
Pueblo
Largest group
Still strong and pure
Great plains
Middle of america
Creates settlements along lakes and rivers(depended on water)
Eastern woodlands
Mississippi r. To atlantic o. In south
Became mound builders.
Moundbuilders
Built burial mounds to house dead.
They buried people based on their social status
Cahokia
Capital of eastern woodlands
Largest city north of Mexico, until europeans arrived
1250-population was 30,000
