Quick Comparison of Native Americans – Self-testing about Their Traits

Tip: You will find answers about their Traits in the link below this one.

North America

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)

 

Midwest, Great Plains

Pre-1500 and beyond

Cheyenne, Sioux, and other tribes

 

Mideast, Mississippi area

950-1250

Cahokia and other tribes

 

Southwest

Declining end of  13th century

Anasazi in the early period and the Pueblo Indians

 

Southeast, Atlantic coast called the Eastern Woodlands

Pre-1500 and beyond

Algonquians, Iroquois, and Muskogees

 

 

Middle America and South America

Region

Time

Name

Traits

Middle America

300-900 AD

Mayan Empire (Key word)

 

Middle America

1300-1521 AD

Aztec Empire  (Key word)

 

South America

1000-1531 AD

Inca Empire (Key word)

 

 

 


 

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