The americas before 1492

1. The Americas
Before 1492 AD

2. Routes of the First Americans

3. ~ 20,000-11,000 years ago
across the Bering Strait

5. Major Indian Groups and
Culture Areas in the 1600s

13. The Inuit
Arctic coasts of Alaska, Canada, and Greenland
ethnically unique from other Native Americans

14. hunter-gatherers
whale, walrus, caribou, seal

15. Inuit Woman’s
Winter Clothing

16. Pacific Northwestern
Pacific coast from Alaska to California

17. The Mound builders
Eastern North America woods from 2500 BC – 1500 AD

18. Hopewell culture,
200 BC – 400 AD
Mississippian culture,
900 – 1500 AD

20. Three Sisters =
squash, sunflowers, and corn

21. Cahokia Mounds, Illinois

22. The Iroquois
Eastern North America woods
between southern Canada and Pennsylvania

23. US Constitution
modeled after the
Iroquois League
Constitution.

24. Plains People
Between Mississippi River
and Rocky Mountains

25. Relied heavily on hunting bison

28. The Anasazi
(Pueblo Dwellers)
SW United States –
Four Corners (CO, NM, UT, AZ)
between 500-1200 AD

29. pueblos and cliff-dwellings

30. Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde, Colorado

31. Cliff Palace, Mesa Verde, Colorado

32. Mesa Verde, Colorado

33. Newspaper Rock, Utah