STEP 3: PUT IT ALL TOGETHER

CHAPTER 1 STUDY GUIDE

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.
THE FIRST AMERICANS

  • When and how did humans first arrive in the Americas?

  • 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?

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