Native America Tribes/ Central America Mesoamerica

Eastern Woodland

loc-*Eastern USA

Tribes- *Adena, hopewell, inonosis, caolkee, iroquis, creek.

Enviroment- *rainfall, forest, lakes, river, streams

Housing- *Wigmans, long houses

Food- *Corn squash, pumpkin, fish, deer

Religion- *Great spirit all living= nonliving things had a spirit

The plains

loc- central usa

Tribes- *blackfoot, Cheyeme, lokota, crow

Enviroment- Flat, lack of fresh h20, grassland

Housing- tipi

Food- *Buffalo, beans, squash

Religion- *all living things had a spirit

Pacific Northwest

Loc-Northwest

Tribes-*Nez perce, hoida, chinook, and makan.

Enviroment- *Lush forest, mt. ranges. ocean

Housing- big houses, long houses, wigmans

Food- Fish, seal, wahles, salmon

Religon- Totem poles, honored ancstors. all livibg things had a spirit

Desert Southwest

*loc-Southwestern

*tribes- Pueblo, anasazi, apache, navajo, hopi

Enviroment- desert, few rivers, high elevation, river vally

Housing- Abode house, vilages on side of cliffs

Food- Squirrels, rabbit, beans, peppers.

Religion- Animism- all living things had a spirit

Olmecs

*One of the first major civilzation in mexico

*Flourished from 12000 BCE to 400 BCE

*Used a form of hieroglyphics

*Cited abandoned, and famous giant stone heads etheir destoryed or buried

*Conqured by outside force

Mayans

*Lived in morden day mexico and Guatemala from around 200 BCE to 900 CE

*Monarchy form of goverment

*Known for human sacrifice

*Largest cites of tika and chichen itza

*When spaninards arrive in 1500s, Mayan culture is just barely noticeable

*Had an accurate calendar

*Like olmec, used pictues for words

*Over 800 symbols used to record their history

*Played a game called ulama that is similar to basketball

Aztecs

*Last of the mexcian vally tribes

*Around around 1250 CE lasted until 1521 ce

*Used warfare and allilances to gain power and control mexico region

*Practice human sacrifice each day; believe it pleases the gods and allows the sun to rise

*formed an empire centered on tenochtitlan;their capital

*had 500,000 peolpe in the 1500s when spaniards arrive (larger than any other europen city)

*Worshipped quetzalcoatl

Quetzalcotal (Aztecs)

*God of wind, death, and learning

*Sometimes depiced as a pale man and a beard

*when henaddo cortez arrives in aztec land in 1504, many mistake him for Quetzalcotal

*Montezuma ii was the final leader of Aztec]

*Killed in the war against Spaniards

Incas

*Advanced civilzation in the andes mountaions in morden day peru, ecuador, boliva, and chile

*From 1438 CEuntil Spanish arrival in 1535 ce

*pacachuti was the first great kibg

*conquered all of peru and united other neighboring tribes

*By 1500, empire spans 2,500 miles

*Traded gold and silver from many local mines

*Discoverd cure for malaria using quinie

*Developed terrace farming to grow food in the rocky andes

*Carve out and level a mountain to grow crops

*Pracited child sacrifice

*chose the perfect child and left in the mountions to satsifty inti the sun god

Incas

*Established a citadel close to 8,000 feet above sea level that went undected from spanish

*machu picchu was built as a fortfiled esate for pacahuti

*was not found until 1911

*internal fighting led to an inca war around 1530 CE

*weaked the inca and allowed spanish conquisatdor francisco

*pizarro to dominate their kingdom