564615705-Lesson2-Indigenous-People-of-North-America-Gr8 (1).pptx

MSCS grade 9

1. https:// www.youtube.com / watch?v =zrY-CSdskv0&t=434s&ab_channel= LearnSst

2. The First People Arrive in North America It’s not clear when the first people arrived in North America. Some scientists believe that people migrated to North America from Asia during the Ice Age of 20,000 years ago.

3. The First People Arrive in North America The migration would have taken people from a northern area in what is now Russia across the Bering Strait. At the time the strait would have not had water. It would have appeared as a shallow valley.

4. Could immigration have happened as early as 40,000 BCE??? https:// www.youtube.com / watch?v =E2YidQrQuec&ab_channel= PastToFuture

5. Why Indigenous people were called Indians???

6. Ans:One evidence suggests that people migrated to North America during the last Ica Age of 20,000 years ago. Other evidence suggests that migrations could have happened as early as 40,000 BCE. Because the first European explorers thought they were in the East Indies when they landed in the Americas. Indigenous people are called First People in Canada or Native Americans in the US.

7. Map of Cultural Regions of First Peoples in North America

8. Adapting To The Land In the Artic regions of the far North, the Inuit tribes lived by hunting in the polar region and fishing in icy waters. The North west coastal tribes, including the Salish tribes of British Columbia lived from fishing and gathering the plentiful shellfish they found along the Pacific Coast. The California Native Peoples hunted gathered and fished. On the Plains, the tribes included the Sioux and Cheyenne who hunted buffalo as they migrated across the grasslands of the Great Plains.

9. Mention some Inventions of the Early People of North America? Native Americans adapted to their local environment in various ways: In the Northwest : They used the bark of coastal fir trees to make fibers and materials. In the Southwest : They used stone and mud bricks to make permanent housing shelters. Eastern region of Canada and US : The Iroquois tribes and the First People carved canoes out of the tree to travel along the lakes and rivers. In the Plain region : The native people used the skins of buffalo and deer to make tents and clothing to protect against the cold weather.

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11. Aztec Civilization in Mexico In 1519, the Spanish viceroy, Hernando Cortes, conquered Tenochtitlan, the city of the Aztec empire. It was the largest city in North America. The Tenochtitlan became the site of Mexico city, the capital city of Mexico today. Aztec Civilization : The Aztecs were famous for their agriculture, cultivating all available land, introducing irrigation, draining swamps, and creating artificial islands in the lakes. They developed a form of hieroglyphic writing, a complex calendar system, and built famous pyramids and temples.

12. Aztec Civilization in Mexico European Settlement in North America Europeans ended up colonizing North America for different economic reasons. Spain found a lot of gold and silver when they conquered the Aztec and Inca Empires. France colonized North America because of the great amount of furs they found there. were called settlers.

13. Aztec Civilization in Mexico

14. Activity : Matching Aztec A major civilization in Mexico whose capital was in the present city of Mexico City. Salish A tribe in the Pacific Northwest in Canada who lived in the area of British Columbia and prospered from fishing and collecting of shellfish Tenochtitlan The name of the Aztec Capital. Taos The name of a place in New Mexico where the Pueblo people lived since the 1300s. Smallpox A deadly disease that ravaged, killed and depleted the populations of most Native American tribal peoples.

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