NATIVE PEOPLES OF AMERICA CHAPTER 1

KEY POINTS TO CONSIDER 1.) What factors over time produced changes in the Indian peoples’ way of life? 2.) How did the different physical environments in various parts of the Western Hemisphere contribute to the diversity of Native American culture? 3.) What values and practices did all Native Americans share?

THE FIRST AMERICANS  Theories  Ice Age  Beringia  Others traveled by boat.

THE FIRST AMERICANS  Alaska  Canada  Eskimos, Inuits, and Aleuts  Paleo-Indians  9000 BC

ARCHAIC SOCIETIES  After the Ice Age  Archaic Peoples (8000 BC – 2500 BC)  Gender Roles  Agricultural Revolution

CULTURAL DIVERSITY  2500 BC  Farming  Religious and political systems

CULTURAL DIVERSITY  Mesoamerica and South America  Olmecs  Urban centers to chiefdoms  Teotihuacan  Mayans and the Aztecs

CULTURAL DIVERSITY  The Southwest  Scarce Water Supply  Hohokam People  Chaco Canyon, New Mexico

CULTURAL DIVERSITY  The Eastern Woodlands  Village Life  Adena/Hopewell civilization  The role of agriculture

CULTURAL DIVERSITY  Non-farming Societies  The Pacific Coast  Alaska to California  The role of Wild Animals

THE EVE OF EUROPEAN CONTACT  Population  Shared Characteristics  Kinship and Gender  Spiritual and Social Values  Chapter Conclusion