American Yawp - Chapter 1 The New World questions and answers
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American Yawp
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American Yawp
Three Sisters
Eastern Woodlands crops - corn, squash, and beans.
Mesoamericans
Lived in modern day Mexico and Central America. Relied heavily on Maize.
shifting cultivation
Cut forest, burn undergrowth, plant seeds in nutrient rich ashes. Useful in areas with difficult soil.
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American Yawp - Chapter 1:
The New World questions and
answers
Three Sisters - answer Eastern Woodlands crops -
corn, squash, and beans.
Mesoamericans - answer Lived in modern day
Mexico and Central America. Relied heavily on
Maize.
shifting cultivation - answer Cut forest, burn
undergrowth, plant seeds in nutrient rich ashes.
Useful in areas with difficult soil.
Eastern Woodlands - answer Forest dwelling Native
American group. Established permanent
agriculture. Used hand tools and practiced
sustainable farming. Cultivated medicinal plants.
Small settlements, dispersed authority, and kin-
based organization.
agriculture - answer Enabled social change and
population growth. Negatively impacted health,
such as teeth and bone health. Enabled other skills
, - allowed soldiers, artists, and religious leaders to
focus on their skills.
Shared Broad Traits Among Native Americans -
answer Did not distinguish between natural and
supernatural. Kinship bound them together, mostly
matrilineal. Ownership of land, crops, and tools .
(But right to use land did not imply permanent
possession.)
Matrilineal - answer relating to a social system in
which family descent and inheritance rights are
traced through the mother
Chaco Canyon - answer Important ancient Anasazi
Indian center in New Mexico that included a pueblo
of six hundred interconnected rooms.
Sophisticated agriculture, trading networks, and
animal domestication enabled population of as
many as 15k people. Ecological challenges such as
deforestation and over-irrigation caused collapse.
Cahokia - answer Mississippian settlement near
present-day East St. Louis, home to as many as
25,000 Native Americans. Participated in frequent
warfare. Clan-based system. Population grew 500
percent in one generation. Collapsed due to
mounting warfare, internal political tensions, and
political turmoil.
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