Lesson 1 "Beginnings to 1400 "

Turn to page10-11 look at the picture on those pages read about it and the short introduction to Unit 1

Turn to Page 12 and read the introduction to the chapter.

Scan Pages 13-14; focus on the gray boxes, which contain the key vocabulary terms.

Scan Pages 13-15 for pictures and diagrams, read each of the captions.

Read Pages 13-15 (take notes of important ideas)

Do you know the answers to the questions on page 15? (See Key Points below for help)

Do you know the vocabulary words? (See Key Points below for help)

Take the quiz on Lesson 1 "The Earliest Americans" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)

Review answers on the quiz and print it out. This will be very useful when you are studying for the test.

Lesson 1 Key Points

Vocabulary Terms

Archaeologist - on who studies the remains of past human life.

Beringia - A thousand -mile-wide land bridge that connected siberia to Alaska

Caribou - Large deer that lives in arctic regions.

Culture - the same values, attitudes, and customs of a group.

Ice Age - a period of time when much of the earth and the earth's water was frozen.

Nomads - people who do not live in one place.

Theory - a best guess.

Clovis point - a finely flaked stone spearhead.

Glacier - a large body of ice

Section Review Answers

1. Beringia was a thousand-mile wide land bridge that connected Siberia to Alaska.
2. The Clovis point wa a finely flaked stone spearhead.
3. Nomads are people who do not live in one place.
4. Archaeologists study the remains of past human life.
5. Much of the earth and the earth's water was frozen during the Ice Age.

Did you learn these Objectives?

Are you able to explain how an when the first people may have arrived in the Americas?

Can you relate climate and lifestyle to the arrival of people in the Americas?

Lesson 2 "The Peoples of Mesoamerica"

Scan Pages 16-19; focus on the gray boxes, which contain the key vocabulary terms.

Scan Pages 16-19 for pictures and diagrams, read each of the captions.

Read the short biography of Juanita on P 19

Read Pages 16-19 (take notes of important ideas)

Do you know the answers to the questions on page 19? (See Key Points below for help)

Do you know the vocabulary words? (See Key Points below for help)

Take the quiz on Lesson 2 "The Peoples of Mesoamerica" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)

Review answers on the quiz and print it out. This will be very useful when you are studying for the test.

Lesson 2 Key Points

Vocabulary Terms

Architect - a person skilled in designing buildings.

Astronomy - the study of space and the planets.

Civilization - A high level of cultural development.

Cultivate - to grow crops.

Hieroglyphic - a system of writing that uses picture-like symbols.

Mesoamerica - the area of land that includes what is now Mexico and other countries south through Costa Rica.

Settlement - a place or region newly settled.

Artisan - a skilled worker.

Canal - a human-made waterway.

Military - having to do with armed forces.

Section Review Answers

1. The Olmaecs worked with hieroglyphics.
2. The Mayans were the first people in the Americas to develop an advanced form of writing.
3. the Incas started a kingdom in southern Peru.
4. A major city of the Aztecs was Tenochtitlan.
5. The Toltec city of Tula includes remains of several temples.

Did you learn these Objectives?

Can you identify five ancient civilizations that developed in Mesoamerica and South America?

Are you able to describe examples of accomplishments by the five civilizations?

Can you identify when each civilization began?

Lesson 3 "The Southwest Peoples"

Scan Pages 20-23; focus on the gray boxes, which contain the key vocabulary terms.

Scan Pages 20-23 for pictures and diagrams, read each of the captions.

Scan for an read the short articles in the blue boxes that you find on Pages 20-23.

Read Pages 20-23 (take notes of important ideas)

Do you know the answers to the questions on page 23? (See Key Points below for help)

Do you know the vocabulary words? (See Key Points below for help)

Take the quiz on Lesson 3 "The Southwest Peoples" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)

Review answers on the quiz and print it out. This will be very useful when you are studying for the test.

Lesson 3 Key Points

Vocabulary Terms

Cotton- a plant used to make cloth

Irrigation- a system of watering crops that uses canals or ditches of water.

Kiva - A large underground room used for ceremonies.

Mesa - a flat-topped height.

Ritual - the actions that take place during a ceremony.

Village - a small settlement.

Burial - the act of burying the dead

Dwelling - a home

Religious - relating to a belief in a higher being.

Reservoir - a large place used to store water.

Descendent - one who comes from a group of people.

Kachina - Spirits of an ancestor.

Section Review Answers

1. It is true that Snaketown was a major Hohokam civilization.
2. It is false that the Mogollon were hunters.
3. It is true that the anasazi were called "Cliff Dwellers" because they built houses into cliffs.
4. It is false that the Kayenta Anasazi built a large reservoir.
5. It is true that the Pueblos are descendants of the Anasazi.

Did you learn these Objectives?

Can you identify three ancient farming societies of southwestern North America?

Are you able to describe characteristics of the Hohokam, Mogollon and Anasazi societies?

Lesson 4 "The Adena-Hopewell Mound Builders"

Scan Pages 24-25; focus on the gray boxes, which contain the key vocabulary terms.

Scan Pages 24-25 for pictures and diagrams, read each of the captions.

Scan for an read the short articles and questions in the blue boxes that you find on Pages 24-25.

Read Pages 24-25(take notes of important ideas)

Do you know the answers to the questions on page 25? (See Key Points below for help)

Do you know the vocabulary words? (See Key Points below for help)

Take the quiz on Lesson 4 "the Adena-Hopewell Mound Builders" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)

Review answers on the quiz and print it out. This will be very useful when you are studying for the test.

Lesson 4 Key Points

Vocabulary Terms

Tobacco - a plant that some people smoke or chew.

Section Review Answers

1. The Adena built burial mounds.
2. Hopewell settlements were very small and often contained mounds in the shape of animals.
3. Serpent Mound is a perfectly preserved example of a Hopewell mound. It is a huge mound shaped like a snake.
4. The Hopewell celebrated life nature, and rebirth.
5. The Hopewell began to trade with settlements throughout the areas east of the Mississippi River.

Did you learn these Objectives?

Are you able to describe how the Adena and Hopewell were alike and different?

Lesson 5 "The Mississippi, Plains, and Northwest Civilizations"

Scan Pages 26-29; focus on the gray boxes, which contain the key vocabulary terms.

Scan Pages 26-29 for pictures and diagrams, read each of the captions.

Scan for an read the short articles and questions in the blue boxes that you find on Pages 26-29.

Read Pages 26-29(take notes of important ideas)

Do you know the answers to the questions on page 29? (See Key Points below for help)

Do you know the vocabulary words? (See Key Points below for help)

Take the quiz on Lesson 5 "The Mississippi, Plains, and Northwest Civilizations" (You may use the book, notes and Key Points for help on the quizzes. NOT ON TESTS!)

Review answers on the quiz and print it out. This will be very useful when you are studying for the test.

Lesson 5 Key Points

Vocabulary Terms

totem pole- a tall, colorful carved object that had a certain religious meaning.

Section Review Answers

1. It is true that Cahokia was a major trade center for the Mississippian near the Mississippi River.
2. It is false that Moundville was the largest settlement in Mesoamerica.
3. It is false that the Hidatsa and Mandan were experts in farming
4. It is true that the Pacific Northwest civilizations depended on the sea for food the trade.
5. It is true that American Indians today still practice many ancient beliefs.

Did you learn these Objectives?

Can you identify peoples of the Mississippi, Plains, and Pacific Northwest civilizations?

Are you able to describe some features of the different civilizations?

 Preparing for Chapter 1 Test

Turn to Page 30 and read the article on the Osage Belief.

Turn to Page 31 and read the Chapter 1 summary.

On page 32-33 you will find the Chapter 1 review, complete the review.

Check your answers with those in the Key Points.

Take the Chapter 1 Test "The First Americans"

Review the answers then print the results for your records.

Chapter 1 Review answers

1. Incas
2. architects
3. Anasazi
4. Aztecs
5. irrigation canals
6. Olmecs
7. Mogollon
8. Toltecs
9. burial mounds
10. Plains Indians
11. Pacific Northwest
12. Cahokia
13. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

The Comprehension: Understanding Main Ideas

1. The first people crossed a land bridge from Siberia to get to the North American continent.
2. We know that the people of Mesoamerica had early advanced civilizations because archaeologists have found buildings and other remains.
3. Irrigation canals and methods of containing rainfall runoff from cliffs are evidence of farming societies in the Southwest.
4. The Anasazi controlled water supplies by collecting run-off from the cliffs and by building dams and reservoirs.
5. The Adena and the Hopewell built burial mounds to honor the dead.

Congratulations you finished the first chapter !!