APUSH PERIOD 1 TEST (1491-1607)

Pacific NW

hunter gatherer, perm villages, fishing (SALMON), plank houses (forests); CHINOOK (canones, complex hierarchy)

Modern day CA

hunter gatherer, perm villages, ecosystem rich in plants and animals. resources allowed development of complex basketry, ceremonies, + trade network; CHUMASH (advanced plank canoes (tomols), fish deeper + trade

Great basin

dry environment, limited resources, hunter gatherer, NOMADIC (food scarce + seasonal), built temp shelters wickiups (brush); SHOSHONE (skilled at tracking animals)

Great plains (west plains)

open land, rich in grasses + buffalo, nomadic followed buffalo (used for food, clothing, shelter, tools), portable home called tipis; SIOUX (horses changed live, spiritual traditions surrounding buffalo hunts)

Mesoamerica + American SW

MAIZE, perm settlement, most advance cuz of agriculture, irrigation system →food surplus, trade network, culture, architecture, etc; PUEBLO (multistory dwellings, socially + spiritually rich, diverse!)

NE + Atlantic seaboard

mixed economy (agriculture, hunter, grather), perm villages, 3 sisters (maize, beans, squash); IROQUOIS CONFEDERACY (NE), long houses, organized villages, crops; ALOQUAN SPEAKING (ATL COAST), fishing, coastal recource + farming

MI river valley

agriculture, hunting, gathering, perm village, 3 sisters, rivers allowed trade; CAHOKIA (massive earthen mounds, size religious center, political organization, farming led to social diversification)