How do people
adapt to where
they live?
Native Peoples of
North America
Unit 1 Native Peoples
of North America
Lesson 1
Settling the Americas
Lesson 2
Native Americans of the
West
Lesson 3
People of the Southwest
Lesson 4
Native Americans of the
Plains
Lesson 5
People of the Eastern
Woodlands
Lessons
Settling the Americas
Lesson 1
Vocabulary
archaeologist
glacier
civilization
irrigation
adobe
Reading Skill
Compare and
Contrast
How did early people adapt to life
in North America?
Settling the Americas
How did the first Native
Americans arrive in North
America?
Water routes
Land routes
Why did hunter-gatherers
settle in the Americas?
They were following game
that supplied their food and
clothing.
Settling the Americas
What are the three main
reasons civilizations
develop?
Farming
Surplus
Specialization
Settling the Americas
What are two of the earliest
civilizations in Mexico?
Olmec
Maya
What led to the decline of the
Maya civilization?
The people could not produce
enough food for everyone.
Write About It!
Compare and contrast these two
civilizations.
Settling the Americas
What are three early North
American civilizations and where
did they settle?
Hohokam (present-day Arizona)
Ancestral Pueblo (the Southwest)
Mound Builders (the Midwest)
Why did some early people build
mounds?
The Hopewell used mounds for
burials and religious ceremonies.
Mississippians used mounds for
burial and to watch the sun and
stars.
Draw It!
Draw a picture of an Ancestral Pueblo home.
Settling the Americas
What are two factors that affect
the way that cultures
developed?
Climate
Natural resources
What three crops were
important to the Hohokam and
the Ancestral Pueblo?
maize
beans
squash
Lesson 2
Vocabulary
totem pole
potlatch
Reading Skill
Compare and
Contrast
Native Americans of
the West
How did the environments of the West
affect the lives of Native Americans?
Native Americans of the West
Write About It!
Using the Venn diagram, compare and contrast Tlingit and Inuit cultures.
Tlingit
wealthy traders
known for crafts
built plank houses
Alike
conserved
natural resources
got most food from
sea
made tools and
shelter from natural
resources
Inuit
hunters
lived in Arctic
built pit houses,
igloos, tents
People of the Southwest
Lesson 3
Vocabulary
migrate
hogan
Reading Skill
Compare and
Contrast
How did the desert environment
affect people’s lives?
Native People of the Southwest
Write About It!
From your reading, complete the graphic organizer to compare and
contrast the Pueblo and Navajo.
Pueblo
built adobe
apartments
grew maize
Alike
used dry
farming
wove cotton
cloth
made silver
and turquoise
jewelry
Navajo
built single-family
hogans
raised sheep
“walked in beauty”
Native Americans of the Plains
Lesson 4
Vocabulary
teepee
lodge
travois
coup stick
Reading Skill
Compare and
Contrast
How did the natural resources of the
Plains impact Native Americans?
Native Americans of the Plains
List two ways life changed for
Native Americans on the Plains
after the arrival of horses.
Hunted on horseback
Traded with faraway groups
Draw It!
Write a sentence to describe two
types of homes in which Plains
groups lived. Then draw each type of
home.
Lesson 5
Vocabulary
slash-and-burn
longhouse
wampum
Creek
Confederacy
clan
Iroquois
Confederacy
Reading Skill
Compare and
Contrast
People of the Eastern
Woodlands
How did the environment shape
Eastern Woodlands cultures?
People of the Eastern Woodlands
Identify two major Native
American groups that lived in
the Eastern Woodlands.
Creek
Iroquois
What kind of farming did they
use and why?
They used slash-and-burn
farming because the forests
were so thick.
People of the Eastern Woodlands
Write About It!
Compare and contrast the Creek and the Iroquois.
Creek
had huts for
individual families
used wattle-anddaub
arranged around a
council hut
stamped designs
on pottery
Alike
grew corn
celebrated
Green Corn
Festival
played lacrosse
Iroquois
had longhouses
for several families
built of wood
protected village
with fence
made wampum
People of the Eastern Woodlands
Government in the Woodlands
Creek
Formed a confederacy
Divided towns into two types
War towns (red)—declared war,
planned battles, and held
meetings with enemy groups
Peace towns (white)—passed
laws and held prisoners
People of the Eastern Woodlands
Government in the Woodlands
Iroquois
Women led the clans and appointed
male leaders.
Formed the Iroquois Confederacy
Became known as the League of
Six Nations after the six Iroquois
groups that formed it
Purpose of the confederacy was
to promote peace among
Iroquois groups.
Review
In which areas of North America did native people settle and develop
their cultures?
West
Southwest
Plains
Eastern Woodlands
What are three farming techniques that native people used?
Irrigation
Dry Farming
Slash-and-burn
How did people in the Pacific Northwest use the sea?
They used the sea to hunt and trade.
Review
Describe some of the homes of native people and who built them.
Adobe – bricks made from mud and straw; protects from extreme heat
and cold (Hohokam and Pueblos)
Cliffs – built into the sides of cliffs (Ancestral Pueblos)
Hogans – dome-shaped homes made from log or stick frames and
covered with mud or sod (Navajo)
Teepees – cone-shaped homes made with long poles and covered
with animal hides (Plains)
Wattle-and-daub huts – made from poles and covered with grass,
mud, or thatch (Creek)
Longhouses – built with wood on tops of steep-sided hills (Iroquois)
Review
Which Native American group formed the League of Six Nations?
The Iroquois formed the League of Six Nations.
How did Native Americans on the Great Plains adapt to the
environment?
They hunted bison and built lodges from grass, sticks, and soil.
Maps
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Graphic Organizer
Compare and Contrast
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