AMH 2010 Alicia Duffy UCF - Exam #1
questions and answers graded A+
Bering Strait - correct answer ✔✔A bridge between what is known as Alaska and Russia.
Allowed the first settlers to arrive in America.
Trapped in America after the bridge melted.
Paleo-Indians - correct answer ✔✔First settlers of the Americas. (12,000-9,000 BCE)
- Hunter Gatherers. Hunted for giant mammals and gathered various vegetation.
- Not very diverse people. All used similar tech: the clovis point spear
- Nomadic people. Constantly traveling for food
- Diversification led to the Archaic-Indians in 8,000 BCE
Clovis Point - correct answer ✔✔Technology used by all Paleo-Indians to create weaponry.
Typically a stone head with a pointed tip that was fixated on wood for spears and later arrows.
Arcahic Indians - correct answer ✔✔Diversification and extinction of giant mammals led to the
transformatio nof Paleo-Indians into Archaic Indians. (8,000 - 1,000 BCE)
5 Cultures of Archaic Peoples
- Pacific Coast
- Great Basin
- Great Plains
- Southwestern
,- Eastern Woodlands
Neolithic Revolution led to the more modern Native Americans.
Pacific Coast Culture - correct answer ✔✔Lived on the Pacific Coast.
- 500 Tribes, 90 Languages
- Most diverse and highly populated of all the Archaic-Indian cultures
- Permanent settlements, had stable food source of fish
- Clan lifestyle with multifamily homes
- Focus on the Arts
Great Basin Culture - correct answer ✔✔Lived in the Great Basin (West but not coastal).
- Hunter Gatherers, emphasis on the Gatherers
- Nomadic people. Searching for berries and vegetation to gather
Great Plains Culture - correct answer ✔✔Lived in the Great Plains (Midwest).
- Hunter Gatherers, emphasis on the Hunters
- Nomaic people. Searching for animals to hunt, very buffalo centered
- New Technology: Bows and Arrows. Allowed people to not get close to large animals like
Buffalo to kill. Inaccurate, but lowered death toll.
Southwestern Culture - correct answer ✔✔Lived in the Southwest (Mexico/Texas border)
,- Hunter Gatheres, emphasis on the Gatherers
- Close to Mexico and are the first to get agriculture from the Neolithic Revolution (Received in
2,000 BCE).
- Nomadic people, but transitioned into Permanent due to agriculture technology
- Pueblos were housing / evidence of permanent civilization.
Eastern Woodlands Culture - correct answer ✔✔Lived in the Eastern Woodlands (Spans the
entire Atlantic coast and to the mountains)
- Main food source was deer
- Utilized weaponized fire to hunt. Wildfires to clear brush and see deer easier.
- Very large populated culture
3 Cultures of Eastern Woodlands People:
- Algonquian
- Iroquois
- Muskogean
Algonquian - correct answer ✔✔The Atlantic Coastal People
- Eastern Woodlands culture
- Permanent settlements on the coast
- Food source from fish
Muskogean - correct answer ✔✔The Southern People
- Eastern Woodlands culture
, - Very southern. Alabama/Florida bound
- Both nomadic and permanent due to location. Coastal had fishing, inland had hunting.
- All worshipped the sun for their heavenly force.
Iroquoian - correct answer ✔✔The Inland People
- Eastern Woodlands culture
- Lived in the mountains off the coast
- Matriarchal society (Mother based households)
- Agriculture spread to Iroquois after the Southwestern culture
- Permanent settlements due to agriculture
Iroquois Confderation
- Purpose: Defend their permanent settlements
- League of 5 Nations. Later turned into 6 Nations with the addition of Tuscarora
League of Five/Six Nations - correct answer ✔✔Purpose: Defend permanent settlements of
their members
Comprised of 5 "Nations"
- Seneca
- Mohawk
- Onondaga
- Oneida
- Cayuga
questions and answers graded A+
Bering Strait - correct answer ✔✔A bridge between what is known as Alaska and Russia.
Allowed the first settlers to arrive in America.
Trapped in America after the bridge melted.
Paleo-Indians - correct answer ✔✔First settlers of the Americas. (12,000-9,000 BCE)
- Hunter Gatherers. Hunted for giant mammals and gathered various vegetation.
- Not very diverse people. All used similar tech: the clovis point spear
- Nomadic people. Constantly traveling for food
- Diversification led to the Archaic-Indians in 8,000 BCE
Clovis Point - correct answer ✔✔Technology used by all Paleo-Indians to create weaponry.
Typically a stone head with a pointed tip that was fixated on wood for spears and later arrows.
Arcahic Indians - correct answer ✔✔Diversification and extinction of giant mammals led to the
transformatio nof Paleo-Indians into Archaic Indians. (8,000 - 1,000 BCE)
5 Cultures of Archaic Peoples
- Pacific Coast
- Great Basin
- Great Plains
- Southwestern
,- Eastern Woodlands
Neolithic Revolution led to the more modern Native Americans.
Pacific Coast Culture - correct answer ✔✔Lived on the Pacific Coast.
- 500 Tribes, 90 Languages
- Most diverse and highly populated of all the Archaic-Indian cultures
- Permanent settlements, had stable food source of fish
- Clan lifestyle with multifamily homes
- Focus on the Arts
Great Basin Culture - correct answer ✔✔Lived in the Great Basin (West but not coastal).
- Hunter Gatherers, emphasis on the Gatherers
- Nomadic people. Searching for berries and vegetation to gather
Great Plains Culture - correct answer ✔✔Lived in the Great Plains (Midwest).
- Hunter Gatherers, emphasis on the Hunters
- Nomaic people. Searching for animals to hunt, very buffalo centered
- New Technology: Bows and Arrows. Allowed people to not get close to large animals like
Buffalo to kill. Inaccurate, but lowered death toll.
Southwestern Culture - correct answer ✔✔Lived in the Southwest (Mexico/Texas border)
,- Hunter Gatheres, emphasis on the Gatherers
- Close to Mexico and are the first to get agriculture from the Neolithic Revolution (Received in
2,000 BCE).
- Nomadic people, but transitioned into Permanent due to agriculture technology
- Pueblos were housing / evidence of permanent civilization.
Eastern Woodlands Culture - correct answer ✔✔Lived in the Eastern Woodlands (Spans the
entire Atlantic coast and to the mountains)
- Main food source was deer
- Utilized weaponized fire to hunt. Wildfires to clear brush and see deer easier.
- Very large populated culture
3 Cultures of Eastern Woodlands People:
- Algonquian
- Iroquois
- Muskogean
Algonquian - correct answer ✔✔The Atlantic Coastal People
- Eastern Woodlands culture
- Permanent settlements on the coast
- Food source from fish
Muskogean - correct answer ✔✔The Southern People
- Eastern Woodlands culture
, - Very southern. Alabama/Florida bound
- Both nomadic and permanent due to location. Coastal had fishing, inland had hunting.
- All worshipped the sun for their heavenly force.
Iroquoian - correct answer ✔✔The Inland People
- Eastern Woodlands culture
- Lived in the mountains off the coast
- Matriarchal society (Mother based households)
- Agriculture spread to Iroquois after the Southwestern culture
- Permanent settlements due to agriculture
Iroquois Confderation
- Purpose: Defend their permanent settlements
- League of 5 Nations. Later turned into 6 Nations with the addition of Tuscarora
League of Five/Six Nations - correct answer ✔✔Purpose: Defend permanent settlements of
their members
Comprised of 5 "Nations"
- Seneca
- Mohawk
- Onondaga
- Oneida
- Cayuga
