north americans before christopher columbus 8th grade social studies
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North Americans before Christopher Columbus
8th Grade Social Studies
Four Culture Regions
• Native Americans have been classified into four culture regions.
Four Culture Regions
• A Culture Region is a place where methods of living are the same.
• Culture still exist today. Think of an example.
Four Culture Regions
• Four Native American Culture Regions were . . .
Four Culture Regions
Pacific Northwest
Desert Southwest
Plains
Eastern Woodlands
Four Culture Regions
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Pacific Northwest
• What modern states did this cultural group call home?
• Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Northern California, Idaho
Pacific Northwest
• What did they eat? And how did they get their food?
• Seafood was the major ingredient in their diet. They fished with spears in lakes and rivers, and hunted whales in the ocean.
Pacific Northwest
• How did they adapt to their environment?
• They built their homes near water ways to be near their food. Their homes were made from wood with slanted roofs and sometimes on stilts.
Desert Southwest
• What modern states did this cultural group call home?
• Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico
Desert Southwest
• What did they eat? And how did they get their food?
• They dug canals to plant gardens for food.
Desert Southwest
• How did they adapt to their environment?
• They built clay homes out of dried mud called “adobe.” These home were usually built in canyons or the tops of mesas.
Plains
• What modern states did this cultural group call home?
• North and South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas
Plains
• What did they eat? And how did they get their food?
• Buffalo was the source of life for the Plains culture. They used the buffalo for food, clothing, tools, and weapons.
Plains
• How did they adapt to their environment?
• Most of the years these people lived in tipis, which are moveable homes. This was necessary because they always followed the buffalo.
Eastern Woodlands
• What modern states did this cultural group call home?
• All states along the east coast including North Carolina.
Eastern Woodlands
• What did they eat? And how did they get their food?
• They hunted animals in the forests and farmed the fertile soil.
Eastern Woodlands
• How did they adapt to their environment?
• Since most of the land was forest, they used “slash and burn” to clear land for planting crops.