Period 1 APUSH

Before and During European Arrival

Big idea: Native Societies before European Arrival

Diverse people that had diverse societies based on the kinds of environments where they lived

Pueblo people

in now Utah, farmed maize how → irrigation system, clay houses

Great plains and Great basin people

nomadic (moved according to game), now colorado to canada, hunter gathers (buffalo)

Pacific coast people

developed ute (towns) because fish, game, lots of diverse plants, like in california Chmash had villages that could hold 1,000 people, trade up and down coast

Chinook People

in now oregon, build plank houses to hold families

Irquois

New York region, planted crops, lived in communal long houses, timber

mississippi river valley people

farmers, trade up and down rivers, like Cahokia - 10,000-30,000 people, led by a chief

Big Idea: rivers

trade up and down all of america through use of rivers