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Native Americans consist of over
200 native groups. They speaking many
different languages.
Region |
Time |
Major
Examples |
Traits |
Northwest |
Pre-1500 and beyond |
Pacific tribes (Key word) |
Food abundant Concentrated population Totems Trade and ocean-going Hierarchical (Key word) tribes ranging from slaves to free people to chiefs |
Midwest, Great Plains |
Pre-1500 and beyond |
Cheyenne, Sioux, and other
tribes |
Nomadic, with a traditional
term for this being hunter-gathers Buffalo hunters Religious rituals around
hunting |
Mideast, Mississippi area |
950-1250 |
Cahokia and other tribes |
Mound builders Trade network Farming Temples and government
buildings Human sacrifice |
Southwest |
Declining end of 13th
century |
Anasazi in the early period and
the Pueblo Indians |
Corn Not hierarchical (Key word) Not militaristic Pueblos (Key word for a way to build) Pueblo Indians After the
Spanish come in 1598, they will be invaded and resist and are punished
brutally by having a foot removed. In the 1680s, the Indians rebel in Popé’s Rebellion and keep the Spanish out for
about 50 years. |
Southeast, Atlantic coast
called the Eastern Woodlands |
Pre-1500 and beyond |
Algonquians, Iroquois, and
Muskogees |
Fishing Hunting Farming Warfare – including to gain
slaves Canoes Villages and some moved with
seasons 3 major tribes and also the 3
major languages in the region: 1.
Algonquian
– patriarchal (Key word) 2.
Iroquoian
- matrilineal (Key word) and in a confederation (Key word both with them and the initial
American government ) 3.
Muskogean
- matrilineal |
Region |
Time |
Name |
Traits |
Middle America |
300-900 AD |
Mayan Empire (Key word) |
Pyramids Numerals Calendar Astronomy Cities Centralized government (Key word)/empire (Key word) |
Middle America |
1300-1521 AD |
Aztec Empire (Key
word) |
Human sacrifices Militaristic Have serfs (by conquering
neighboring areas) Cities/roads Centralized government (Key word)/empire (Key word) When the Spanish come, trying
to tighten control of their empire |
South America |
1000-1531 AD |
Inca Empire (Key word) |
6 Million people Cities/roads Irrigation/terrace farming Centralized government (Key word)/empire (Key word) When the Spanish come, dealing
with a civil war (Key word) |
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C. J. Bibus, Ed.D. 2021 |
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