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Step Four: Put It All Together

CHAPTER 1 STUDY GUIDE

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PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

Now, take a step back and try to explain the big picture. Remember to use specific examples from the chapter in your answers.

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THE FIRST AMERICANS When and how did humans first arrive in the Americans? Describe the lifestyle of the Paleo-Indians. How did they adapt to the extinction of mammoths and other large mammals around 11,000 BP?	AGRICULTURE AND ADAPTATION How did Archaic Indians differ from their Paleo-Indian ancestors? How did the advent of agriculture change the settlement patterns and social organization of some Indian groups?
NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURES IN 1490 What factors shaped population density across North America? What set the Mexica apart from the other Indian cultures of North America?	LOOKING BACKWARD, LOOKING AHEAD What accounts for the diversity of Indian peoples on the eve of European contact?