The document discusses the origins of the first Americans and the development of different Native American cultures across North America. It explains that during the last ice age, hunter-gatherers from Asia crossed a land bridge between Siberia and Alaska and migrated throughout North and South America. As the climate warmed, sea levels rose and isolated groups adapted to their local environments, developing distinct livelihoods, beliefs, and cultural practices tailored to the available natural resources of their regions. The document then outlines eight cultural regions - Northwest Coast, California, Great Basin, Plateau, Great Plains, Southwest, Eastern Woodlands, and Southeast - describing their climates, environments, and how Native groups in each area met their needs.

1. America In The Beginning Who were the first Americans? This land bridge is known as _beringe_________. Animals like mammoths crossed the bridge or ________bridge___ to the America's. This caused ocean levels to __drop______ and expose ___land_______. In the Bering straight a _______land bridge________ appeared connecting _______________& _______________ 30,000 years ago During a period of low temperatures called an ___iceage____ The world was covered in _____glaciers____ or sheets of ice. How and why did they come here?

2. America In The Beginning What happened when they came to America? The ice age ended ____________ up glaciers causing water levels to ____rise______ covering up the ____land_____ ___bridge_____. Some animals died off like ______mammoth______. Living in many different parts of the Americas the Natives needed to adjust or _adapt________ to every thing in the new surrounds that made up each of their own ______enviroment__ in order to ____survive______. How did they meet their new needs? Hunter's in Asia who moved from place to place to find food or ___nomads__________ followed the mammoths and spread out or _______migrated____ to the America's

3. How did Native Americans adjust to the new environments? America In The Beginning Different groups in different environments developed their own beliefs and ways of life or __________culture_____. Groups in the same environments adapted similar life styles, and language creating __cultural__ ________region_. Many Native American have these things in common. 1. Nature has a ____spirit____. 2. No one can own ______land____. 4. Only use what is _____needed_____. 5. _______trade___ was important to most societies Living in many different parts of the Americas the Natives used the different natural ______resources_____ in their own different environments for food, clothing, and shelter. What did they have in common?

4. 8 Cultural Regions Great Basin Great Plains South East North West Coast Plateau Eastern Woodlands Eastern Woodlands California

5. 8 Cultural Regions

7. North West Coast Weather: long cold winters cool summers heavy rainfall Natural Resources: ocean/beaches thick forests of fir, spruce, and cedar rugged mountains seafood/salmon deer, moose, bear, elk, beaver, mountain goats

8. California Weather: rainy winters hot dry summers Natural Resources: ocean/coast foothills valley's deserts mountains acorns, oak trees grass, and plants redwood trees salmon/seafood/shellfish deer, rabbits, ducks, roots berries, pine nuts

9. Great Basin Weather: little rain hot during the day cold at night Natural Resources: mostly dessert low areas surrounded by mountains at the edges with valleys that had seasonal lakes and streams plants that need little water like grasses, sagebrush, pinon trees, at the outer edges pine trees, and willow small animals rabbits, lizards, grasshoppers, snakes sometimes ducks , duck eggs during certain seasons seeds,berries pine nuts, roots, cattail

10. Plateau Weather: long cold winters comfortable summers Natural Resources: mountains with dense forests in areas flatter in the center with drier grass lands rivers driftwood, mud, dirt, grass and sage brush fish, antelope, deer, seeds onions, carrots, camas roots, salmon

11. Great Plains Weather: cold winters hot summers Natural Resources: mountains surrounding edges treeless grasslands in the center east more water and softer soil west drier dense grass Buffalo and smaller animals

12. South West Weather: high temperatures little rain dry/arid Natural Resources: mountains, canyons desserts, flat top mesas rivers, little water clay, brightly colored plants, cotton corn, beans, squash, peppers, rabbits

13. Eastern Woodlands Weather: snowy winters , rain Natural Resources: rivers, ocean/coast lots of lakes and streams Forests, plants, maple trees, elm, deer, bears, beavers, birds, fish corn, sunflowers, tobacco, vegetables, nuts, berries

14. South East Weather: long warm humid summers mild winters Natural Resources: rivers, ocean/coast Fertile coastal plains mountains, swamps Trees, clay, shells, corn, beans, squash, pumpkins, sunflowers, sweet potatoes squirrels, rabbits, turkeys, deer, alligators, turtles, wild rice, persimmons