Prehistoric American Indians Unit 1

What kind of source is an interview?

Primary source

What kind of source is a photograph taken during World War II?

Primary source

What kind of source is an article about the 13 colonies?

Secondary source

What kind of source is a fossil uncovered by an archaeologist?

Primary source

What kind of source is a biography about George Washington?

Secondary source

What kind of source is an artifact?

Primary source

Ancient Tribes Timeline: 13,000 BCE

Paleo-Indian

Ancient Tribes Timeline: 8,000 BCE

Archaic

Ancient Tribes Timeline: 1,000 BCE

Adena

Ancient Tribes Timeline: 100 BCE

Hopewell

Ancient Tribes Timeline: CE 1000

Fort Ancient

What does BCE stand for?

Before Common Era

What does CE stand for?

Common Era

True or False: Timelines are only used to show what happened in prehistoric times.

False

True or False: Timelines help us see the order in which events happen.

True

The Native Americans built a large hill of dirt called a _____ to use for burials and ceremonies.

mound

Several Native American groups joined together as a _____ so they could work together while still remaining separate tribes.

confederacy

The tribe was _____, moving from place to place to follow animals and find new sources of food.

nomadic

The agreement between the Native Americans and the settlers was called a _____ because both sides promised to follow its rules.

treaty

Before people kept written records of their lives, they lived during the _____ time period.

prehistoric

The students put the historical events in _____ order, starting with the event that happened first and ending with the event that happened last.

chronological

Growing crops such as corn, beans, and squash was an important part of _____ for many Native American groups.

agriculture

The tribe considered the land where they lived, hunted, and gathered resources to be their _____.

territory

Native Americans built an _____ by shaping and moving large amounts of soil to create structures such as walls, circles, or raised areas.

earthwork

European _____ occurred when countries such as France, England, and Spain established settlements and claimed land in North America.

colonization

What was the Ice Age?

A long time period when Earth's climate was much colder and covered in large sheets of ice and glaciers

Explain the land bridge theory and how the first Ancient tribes arrived in North America

During the Ice Age, Paleo-Indians crossed the Bering land bridge from Asia into North America while following herds of animals for food

What does it mean to be nomadic?

To move from place to place rather than living in a permanent home

Which animals did the Paleo-Indians hunt for food?

Mammoths and mastodons

Who were the first mound builders?

The Adena

The first humans to reach the area that is now Ohio were called:

Paleo-Indians

Which ancient tribe was responsible for building effigy mounds based on animals?

Fort Ancient

Which mound-building tribe had burial mounds in geometric shapes?

Hopewell

Ohio Tribes: O-non-dowa-gah (Seneca)

Part of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy

Ohio Tribes: Miami

Name comes from the word meaning "downstream people" and two rivers are named after this tribe

Ohio Tribes: Odawa (Ottawa)

Traded fur and were forced to move to Sandusky Bay after being defeated

Ohio Tribes: Lenape (Delaware)

Originally settled in the Delaware River Valley until they moved West

Ohio Tribes: Shawnee

Nomadic tribe who lived in southern Ohio

What was the main purpose of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy?

To maintain peace and work together for mutual protection and support

The Haudenosaunee Confederacy was a group of how many tribes?

Five (5)

Ohio Map: Tribe located in Northwest Ohio along the Maumee River

Miami

Ohio Map: Tribe located in North-Central Ohio near Sandusky River / Lake Erie

Ottawa

Ohio Map: Tribe located in Northeast Ohio near Lake Erie

Seneca

Ohio Map: Tribe located in East-Central Ohio along the Muskingum River

Delaware (Lenape)

Ohio Map: Tribe located in Southern Ohio along the Scioto and Ohio Rivers

Shawnee

Which two European nations arrived first in present-day Ohio?

France and England (Great Britain)

Which European nation did the Haudenosaunee Confederacy support?

England (Great Britain)

What good did Native Americans and Europeans trade to send back to Europe?

Fur (beaver fur)

Explain the Indian Removal Act of 1830

A law forcing Native American tribes in the east (including Ohio) to leave their lands and move to western reservations (Oklahoma and Kansas)