Hist 2111: First Americans Study Guide Graded A+

Southeast Mississippian Culture (800 CE - 1600 CE) {Ans: mound-building society (burial sites, closer to their gods) dense trading network}What was the ice bridge between Siberia and Alaska called? {Ans: Beringia. It was a grassy plane that rested on ice.}When did farming begin in the Americas? {Ans: 10,000 years after. Around 3000 BCE}Regional Chracteristics (1000 CE- 1450 CE): California {Ans: mild climate tribes are located 10-15 miles from the ocean seafood and small-game diet}Early humans in the Americas mainly were {Ans: hunter-gathers (because of the megafauna)}Regional Chracteristics (1000 CE- 1450 CE): Southwest {Ans: some hunting, farming, gathering colorado river *irrigation canals* excellent in architecture (largest buildings before 19th century) Pueblo traded with california + northwest}