6Y 09-23-2016 Friday North American Societies Objective: Describe early societies of North America. Agenda: Prayer Do Now: Where did the Anasazis live? How did they adapt to their environment? Discuss Do Now Finish reading chapter 1.2 and finish our table in our notes. Answer page 15 # 1a, 1b, 1c, 2a, 2b, 2c, 3a, 3b, 3c – use complete sentences Homework: Your quiz has been moved to Wednesday. Please study.
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Chapter 1 Section 2 Native American Cultures Anasazi: - lived in cliff dwellings for protections. Farmed maize (corn), beans, and squash Lived in the four corners region (Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah) Irrigation to get water to their farms. Skilled Basket makers Skilled potters They made multi-level houses (pueblos – above ground houses made of adobe (clay)). They lived in the ground before this (pit houses). At the center of each city was a kiva, their center for worship. They abandoned their villages around 1300 AD.
Hopewell Lived along the Mississippi, Ohio, and lower Missouri river valleys. (lots of trees and water) Traded and farmed and had many people They built large burial mounds to honor the dead Declined by AD 700 They were replaced by the Mississippians/Cahokians.
The Mississippians/ Cahokians Cahokia was their largest city and it was located near present day St. Louis, MO. Largest population was 30,000 people. Skilled farmers Built large settlements with a hundered temples and burial Burial mounds had flat tops with temple built on top Mounds were shaped like birds and snakes and were for religious ceremonies. Worshipped animal gods? Slowly died out and were gone by early 1700 AD.
Answer page 15 # 1a, 1b, 1c, 2a, 2b, 2c, 3a, 3b, 3c – use complete sentences.