Chapter 1: Native Peoples of America‚ to 1500 I. The First Americans‚ c. 13000-2500 BC 1. Widespread Settlement a. NE Asia 2. Learned from each other A. Peopling New Worlds 1. 2 dominate theories a. Siberian Hunters i. Crossed land-bridge during Ice Age b. Earlier people traveled by boat 2. Stories confirm that ancestors originated in Western Hemisphere 3. Paleo-Indians a. First Americans b. Established the foundations of Native American life i.Bands
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definition of matrilocal and matrilineal with matriarchal. Matrilocal is when a husband who marries a woman must move to her community/village. Matrilineal is a descent system based on unilineal descent that gives the mother’s family certain terms of kinship than the father’s family. Matriarchal is when women have control of a community. Matrilocal and matrilineal societies do not mean that the women hold more power than the men. Inheritance and lineage does not equal power. Whereas‚ matrifocal is the
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Final Exam Review Sheet 1. Formal economic theory is based on assumptions such as: a. the value of a particular commodity decreases as it becomes more scarce. b. only occasionally do people maximize their material well-being. c. people‚ when exchanging goods and services‚ naturally strive to maximize material well-being and profits. d. families will compete against each other to assert rights of ownership and allocation. e. in societies where there
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Lewis Henry Morgan (November 21‚ 1818 – December 17‚ 1881) was a pioneering American anthropologist and social theorist who worked as a railroad lawyer. He is best known for his work on kinship and social structure‚ his theories of social evolution‚ and his ethnography of the Iroquois. Interested in what holds societies together‚ he proposed the concept that the earliest human domestic institution was the matrilineal clan‚ not the patriarchal family; the idea was accepted by most pre-historians and
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and traveled south through what is now Canada.| ____ 3. Why did the Paleo-Indians spread out and proliferate with astonishing speed? a.|because of their ability to defeat rival Indian tribes| b.|because of assistance from the League of the Iroquois| c.|because of a high birth rate and the lack of effective birth control| d.|because of the onset of a new Ice Age| e.|because of the bountiful and accommodating environment| ____ 4. According to one theory‚ the arrival of the first Americans
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belief of supremacy over Natives‚ Europeans forced conversion of Natives’ lifestyle to Europeans’ beliefs‚ and Europeans hostile take over of Native land. The act of gift giving created a kinship between Natives and Europeans and eventually a very lucrative trading market was formed. Even though the kinship between Natives and Europeans was a booming economic opportunity the incoming settlers always looked down upon the Native people‚ seeing them only as savages who had no morals or religious guidance
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most of which was recorded on birch bark scrolls and on rock. The use of petroforms‚ petroglyphs‚ and pictographs were common. Ojibwe Indians live in small villages consisting of 40-80 people‚ all of which are either related by blood‚ marriage‚ or kinship ties. Traditionally‚ the Ojibwe are hunter gatherers but also farm and trade making them more horticulturalists. The men fish‚ hunt‚ garden‚ and train as warriors. The woman helped cultivate the fields‚ pick berries‚ made maple sugar‚ made clothing
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crops and such‚ then move to another area. 8. Matrilineal- of or based on kinship with the mother or the female line. 9. matrilocal- of or denoting a custom in marriage whereby the husband goes to live with the wife’s community. 10. Pueblo- a Native American people in the Southwestern United States consisting of many different language groups and two primary cultural divisions‚ one formed by matrilineal kinship systems and the other having a patrilineal system‚ which determine the clan membership
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The alliance between the natives and foreigners resulted in tense rivalries among many Aboriginals’ tribes. For example‚ “the Algonquins and the Iroquois competed for control of the St. Lawrence gateway for the French fur traders”. At the end‚ the Iroquois had disappeared during the sixteenth century. Also‚ many native tribes were reduced in numbers‚ and were merged together. At one point‚ the Micmacs and the Abenakis battled over the control of
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world contained many _____________. Each living and non-living thing possessed its own ___________. 6) Name two elements that shaped native groups’ social organization. In a brief sentence explain how each element worked. 7) Opinions and Conclusions: What does the term Native Americans mean? Is it a good way to describe the various native groups that first populated the American continents? Why or Why not? Section 3: West African Societies Around 1492 Main Idea: West Africa in the 1400s
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