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American Indian Culture Regions

American Indian Culture Regions. American Indians are diverse!. When Europeans first arrived in America, they noticed that the Natives were very diverse Different cultures were developed by Native peoples, based on their environment

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American Indian Culture Regions

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  1. American Indian Culture Regions

  2. American Indians are diverse! • When Europeans first arrived in America, they noticed that the Natives were very diverse • Different cultures were developed by Native peoples, based on their environment • Scholars group Native Americans who shared similar cultures into culture regions (or culture areas)

  3. What is a culture region? Culture Region: a geographic region which shares similar physical terrains, natural resources, and cultural characteristics

  4. Three Characteristics of Culture Regions • Physical terrain • Natural resources • Culture

  5. Climate & Landforms Physical Terrain

  6. Natural Resources Plant and animal life

  7. Cultureeverything that makes up the way of life of a people • Shelter • Tools • Language • Clothing • Arts • Religion • Government

  8. Mesoamerica

  9. 10 Culture Regions • Arctic • Subarctic • Northwest Coast • Plateau • Great Basin 6. California 7. Southwest 8. Great Plains 9. Northeast 10. Southeast

  10. 3 7 4 8 10 6 1 9 2 5 Mesoamerica 7 4 8

  11. Arctic • Physical Terrain • Large, treeless plains, called tundra, • Frozen and snow-covered • Winters are long and severe • Blizzards • Natural Resources • Little vegetation • Dogs, used for hunting and hauling • Sea mammals major food source (seals, sea lions, sea otters, walruses, and whales) • Other game (polar bears, musk oxen, mountain sheep, wolves, wolverines, foxes, rabbits squirrels, and waterfowl.

  12. Subarctic • Physical Terrain • Mostly interior (except Hudson Bay & Pacific coast) • Thick pine forests • Thousands of lakes, ponds, swamps, rivers, and streams • Long winters with deep snow and thick ice • Short summers • Natural Resources • Caribou • Large game (moose, deer, musk oxen, mountain sheep, bison) • Small game (beaver, mink, otter, porcupine, rabbit, squirrel, and waterfowl) • Seeds, berries, bark

  13. Physical Terrain • Narrow coastal region • Cool & damp climate with mild wet winters and cool summers • Thick forests • Many rivers • Mountains • Evergreen forests • Natural Resources • Lots of food source: seals, sea lions, and fish (salmon, halibut, herring, cod, and flounder) • Hunted whales • Hunt deer, elk, bear, and mountain goat • They learned to dry their meat and fish with smoke Northwest Coast

  14. Physical Terrain • High plateau region, surrounded by desert & mountains • Rivers • Natural Resources • Small game • Wild plants (berries & edible roots) • Fish (Salmon) • Large game in the mountains (elk, deer, mountain sheep, bear) Plateau

  15. Great Basin • Natural Resources • Sparse vegetation • Very little resources • Small game • Foragers • Physical Terrain • Very dry • Surrounded by mountains, plateaus, & deserts

  16. Physical Terrain • Mountain ranges & Pacific coastal regions • Forest & deserts • Mild climate, with many warm days • Varied rainfall • Natural Resources • Acorns from oak trees • Wild plants (berries, nuts, seeds, roots) • Fish, seafood, small game, birds, deer California

  17. Southwest • Physical Terrain • Mesas and canyons, Mountains, deserts • Few rains • Natural Resources • Evergreens (mountains), cactus • Small game (rabbits, birds, and rattlesnakes)

  18. Great Plains • Physical Terrain • Large inland region • Rolling, fertile tall-grass prairies • Summers are typically hot and dry, and winters are long and harsh. • Natural Resources • American bison (buffalo) • Farmers • Berries

  19. Physical Terrain • Temperate & humid climate • Hundreds of rivers, creating rich soil for agriculture. • Widespread forests • *** Sometimes the area is grouped with the Southeast culture area and referred to as the Eastern Woodlands. Northeast Natural Resources Animals (a variety of game, large and small: fish, deer, rabbit, squirrel, beaver, and various birds, such as turkey, partridge, duck, and goose; also hunted moose, elk, and bear)

  20. Southeast • Physical Terrain • Semitropical • Humid and well-watered • Saltwater marshes, grasses, rich soils, swamplands, rounded hills, high grass, and rolling mountains • Natural Resources • Forests of pine trees • Animals (deer, squirrel, birds, fish)

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