1-The First Americans

Vocabulary

1. migrate

2. culture

3. hunter-gatherer

4. agriculture

5. civilization

6. irrigation

Essential Questions

1. What is culture?

2. What is a civilization?

3. What does it mean to migrate?

4. When did the first Americans arrive to the continent?

5. How did they arrive?

6. From where to where did they migrate?

7. What did they do for a living?

8. What is another word for agriculture?

9. What system did they use to water their dry fields?

10. What purpose do their temples serve?

Vocabulary

1. adapt

2. bison

3. economy

Essential Questions

1.       What does it mean to adapt?

2.      What are some ways in which Native Americans had to adapt?  

3.      What are bison?

4.     What does economy mean?

5.     What kind of economy did Native Americans have?

6.   What  are some of the habitats in which Native Americans lived?

7.      What are totems?

8.     What are some foods native to Native Americans?

9.      What are some ways in which Native Americans changed the land?

10.  What are the main Native American cultures in the U.S.A?

Vocabulary

1. nomad

2. government

3. council

4. ancestor

5. league

Essential Questions

1. What is culture?

2. What are some parts of culture?

3. What does a Native American headdress represent?

4. What is a potlatch?

5. What are nomads?

6. What was the role of Native American children?

7. What type of government did Native Americans have?

8. What are leagues?

9. What are ancestors?

10. What are shamans?

1.  How did Native Americans arrive to the continent?

2.  How long ago did they arrive?

3.  Which groups live in North America?

4.  What allowed them to survive in the Americas?

5.  What type of economy do they have?

6. What are some crops native to the Americas?

7.  What type of religion do they have?

8. Which animal did they depend on?

9.  What are some aspects of their culture?

10.  What was the role of Native American children?