1. The First
Humans
Cultural
Group Map
Homes
Lifestyles
In Common
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2. What is the best title for the image below?

3. The Land Bridge Theory

4. According to the Landbridge Theory, where were the first humans in North America from?

5. Asia

6. The land between Asia and North America is now covered in water
The land between Asia and North America is now covered in water. How were the first humans able to cross?

7. During the last Ice Age, the land underneath was exposed

8. Why did the first humans walk across the exposed land?

9. They were hunter-gatherers, following food

10. What happened over hundreds of thousands of years
What happened over hundreds of thousands of years? Did these people stay in one place?

11. No – their descendants continued to migrate through North and South America

13. (Alaska to California)
Pacific Northwestern
(Alaska to California)

15. (Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Colorado)
Great Basin
(Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Colorado)

17. (Arizona and New Mexico)
Southwestern
(Arizona and New Mexico)

19. Plains
(Canada to Texas,
back and forth)

21. Eastern
Woodlands
(Mississippi River to
Atlantic Ocean)

22. Cedar Plank Longhouses

23. Pacific
Northwestern

24. Wickiups, Hogans

25. Great
Basin

26. Adobe Houses (neighborhoods called pueblos) – often built on top of mesas

27. Southwestern

28. Teepees (also spelled tipis)

29. Plains

30. Birch Bark longhouses, Wigwams, or Tipis

31. Eastern
Woodlands

32. Gathered food by hunting deer and rabbit, fishing from lakes, rivers, and streams, and farming “three sisters” gardens.

33. Eastern
Woodlands

34. Gathered food through a nomadic lifestyle – moving every time the food migrated!

35. Plains

36. Gathered food by hunting for small deer, rabbits, etc
Gathered food by hunting for small deer, rabbits, etc., and by farming beans, corn, and squash with canal irrigation

37. Southwestern

38. Gathered food through a nomadic lifestyle – surviving in extreme climates, looking for water and searching for food like pine nuts

39. Great Basin

40. Gathered food by fishing for salmon, hunting whale and seal, and gathering berries, nuts, and seeds

41. Pacific
Northwestern

42. What did all Native Americans cultural groups have in common in terms of where they lived?

43. They all had to have a fresh water source

44. What did all Native Americans have in common when it comes to how they lived?

45. They used the natural resources of their environment

46. What did all Native American cultural groups have in common in terms of religion?

47. They worshiped nature and natural forces (earth, sun, wind, etc
They worshiped nature and natural forces (earth, sun, wind, etc.) and believed in good and evil spirits

48. What did all Native Americans have in common in terms of government?

49. Decisions were made by councils, or clans – usually led by the best warriors or oldest men

50. How did all Native American cultural groups (especially the Plains) benefit from the arrival of horses?

51. It helped them hunt (the Plains people could now better hunt bison)