Unit Part 1

Native American groups including Anasazi, Mogollon, and Hohokam who farmed in the Southwest region from 2000 BCE and deserted around 1300 CE.

Ancestral Pueblos

Indigenous groups living in towns or villages of stone-and-mud buildings in the Southwest region, including the Mogollon, Hohokam, and Anasazi.

Pueblo

Introduction of farming by Ancestral Pueblos like Anasazis, Mogollons, and Hohokams, cultivating corn as a staple crop and developing irrigation systems.

Agriculture

Ancestral Pueblo people became sedentary due to surplus food from agriculture, living in large stone and adobe houses in towns like Chaco Canyon.

Societal Organization

Tribes arriving in the Pueblo region around 1200 CE from the Pacific Northwest, maintaining hunting and gathering practices distinct from the Pueblo people.

Navajos and Apaches

Ancestral Pueblos held ceremonies to pray for good harvests and weather, involving religious communities and extended families in agricultural processes.

Spiritual Ceremonies