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Unit 1 Flashcards

1
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What are the North American tribe regions?

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Arctic, Subarctic, PNW/Northwest Coast, Columbia Plateau, California, Great Basin, Southwest, Great Plains, Eastern Woodlands.

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What was the Political Structure of the Arctic?

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Family Units (sometimes a clan chief)

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What was the Economic Structure of the Arctic?

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Hunting (caribou, walruses, seals, whales)

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What was the Social Structure of the Arctic?

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Seasonally migratory
- igloos, sod houses
- canoes, kayaks, sleds
- kinship
-animism and shamanism; amulets

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5
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How do the further south/coastal Arctic tribes differ from the rest?

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They were more sedentary and organized.

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What were the Notable Arctic tribes?

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Inuit, Yupik, Aleuts

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What was the Political Structure of the Subarctic?

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Family units

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What was the Economic Structure of the Subarctic?

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Nomadic Hunter/Gatherers (moose, caribou, bison, beaver)

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What was the Social Structure of the Subarctic?

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Ethos of personal responsibility but communal mentality.
- bands of 20-30; usually family
- seasonal gatherings
- toboggans and snowshoes, rabbit-skinned baskets
- animism and shamanism
- divination; shoulder blades

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What were the Notable Subarctic tribes?

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Cree, Ojibwa

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11
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What was the Population of the North West Coast tribes?

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130k / dozens of languages

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What was the climate in the Northwest Coast?

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The mild climate gave them time for art.
- forests = wood for canoes and houses.

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What was the Political Structure of the North West Coast?

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Local Chieftans

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What was the Social Structure of the Northwest Coast?

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Hierarchy based on wealth.
- Potlatch - gathering, gifts
- transformation masks
- totem poles
- animism/shamanism.

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What were the notable tribes of the Northwest Coast?

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Chinook, Makah

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16
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What tribe region had potlatches?

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PNW/Northwest coast

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What was the Political Structure of the Columbia Plateau?

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Varied
- Some had consensus
- Others had Chief with voting
- Flathead = Chief

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What was the Economic Structure of the Columbia Plateau?

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Hunter/Gatherers
-fish salmon
-dalles linked trade with CA and Plains region (and beyond)

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What was the Social Structure of Columbia Plateau?

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Villages in winter/”semi-permanent” camps elsewise.
- relative social equality (except of slaves)
- animism/shamanism

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What caused the Columbia Plateau to become more nomadic?

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Horses made them adopt Plains culture.

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What were the Notable Tribes of the Columbia Plateau?

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Nez Perce, Walla Walla, Flathead.

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What was the population of the California region?

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300,000 / 100 languages

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What kind of climate did the California region have?

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A diverse climate

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What was the Political Structure of the California Region?

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Chiefs

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What was the Economic Structure of the California Region?

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Cultivated tobacco but large h/g population
- trade networks

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What was the Social Structure of the California region?

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Women gathered acorns; men fished/hunted.
- animism/shamanism

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What were the notable tribes of California Region?

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Chumash, Miwok

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What was the Economic Structure of the Great Basin?

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  • Tool Caches
  • Traded (obsidian, clothing, hides)
  • Pine nuts = diet
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What was the Climate of the Great Basin?

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Diverse climate with mountains and deserts

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30
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What was the Social Structure of the Great Basin?

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Seasonal lives
- adaptable
- wintered in villages; summered as nuclear families
-grandparents = caregivers
-Religion: animal spirits; “water babies”

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31
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Which tribe had Water Babies?

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Great Basin

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What were the Notable Tribes in the Great Basin?

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Shoshone, Bannock, Ute

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What was the Political Structure of the Southwest?

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Bands composed of extended families
-male head served on the council
-many bands =tribe
-functioned informally by consensus

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What was the Economic Structure of the Southwest?

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Dependent on proximity to water
- nearby = agriculture (maize, beans, squash)
- further away = hunter/gatherer

35
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What was the Social Structure of the Southwest?

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  • Gender roles
  • Adobe homes
    -Animism and Shamanism
36
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What were the Notable Southwest Tribes?

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Anasazi (pottery, architecture), Hohokam (irrigation), Pueblos (pottery, dolls), Navajo, and Apache

37
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What was the Political Structure of the Great Plains?

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Tribal Chiefs (elected through war)

38
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What was the Economic Structure of the Great Plains?

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H/G (buffalo)
-tipis

39
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What was the Social Structure of the Great Plains?

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  • gender roles
    -status through war
    -relgion varied (some mono other poly)
    -animism/shamanism
  • wakans, sun dance
40
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What tribe region had the Sun Dance?

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Great Plains

41
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What were the Notable Great Plains tribes?

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Sioux, Crow, Arapaho.

42
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What is Animism?

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the belief in a supernatural power that organizes and animates the material universe.

43
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What is Shamanism?

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Shamans believe they can communicate with both living and dead to alleviate unrest, unsettled issues, and to deliver gifts to the spirits

44
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What were the Eastern Woodlands Southeast Politics and Economics?

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-Misssissippian Cultures
- mound builders, long distance trade
-Later Cultures
- chiefs (peace and war)
- Hunting, Agriculture (corn sunflower)

45
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What was the East Woodlands Southeast Social Structure?

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-Civil religious hierarchy
- Matrilineal descent (mother side)
- villages and towns w/palisades
-animism/shamanism

46
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What were the Notable East Woodlands Southeast tribes?

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Cherokee, Chickasaw, Seminole, Creeks

47
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What was the Eastern Woodlands Northeast Politics?

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Warfare
-some tribes = village bands w/chief
- Iruquois = 5 nations; democracy

48
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What was the Economic Structure of the Eastern Woodlands Northeast?

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Trade with wampum currency made of beads and shells

49
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What was the Eastern Woodlands Northeast Social Structure?

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Hierarchy
-Matrilineal (Iroquois), others Patrilineal
- Villages (longhouses) - each clan had spirit animal
-animism and shamnism

50
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What were the Notable Tribes of the Eastern Woodlands: Northeast?

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Wampanoag, Tuscarora

51
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Where were the Aztecs located?

52
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Where were the Maya located?

A

Central America (Mexico and Guatemala)

53
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Where were the Inca Located?

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Western South America

54
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Describe the climate of the Aztecs.

55
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Describe the climate of the Mayans.

A

Rainforest (they would slash and burn)

56
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Describe the climate of the Inca.

A

Mountains (terrace farming)

57
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What was the capital city of Aztec?

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Tenochtitlan (bigger than London), city on lake

58
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Were the Maya, Aztec, or Inca most famous for their calendar?

59
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Did the Maya, Aztec, or Inca have 2500 miles of roads and bridges?

60
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Which civilization grew potatoes and tomatoes?

61
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Which civilization was biggest on human sacrifice?

62
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Polytheistic (M/I/A)

63
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Settled in south America. (M/I/A)

64
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Economy heavily based on agriculture. (M/I/A)

65
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Practiced ritualistic human sacrifice (M/I/A)

66
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Located in the rainforests of Mexico and Central America (M/I/A)

67
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Collected tribute from conquered peoples (M/I/A)

68
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Bult pyramids for religious purposes (M/I/A)

69
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Power was centralized in the hands of one emperor (M/I/A)

70
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City-States, each had a king (M/I/A)

71
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Created a road system (M/I/A)

72
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Major city = Machu Picchu (city in clouds) (M/I/A)

73
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Created accurate calendars. (M/I/A)

74
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Obsessed with blood (M/I/A)

75
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Created a written language (M/I/A)

76
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Defeated by the spanish? (M/I/A)

77
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Staple crop was maize (corn) (M/I/A)

78
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Put (M/I/A) on the timeline in order of first to last

79
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Had a civil war (M/I/A)

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