DIRECTIONS: Use your
textbook and the attached map to complete the charts below. Be prepared to share your answers with the
class. (You may not be able to complete every box).
EXAMPLE:
The
Earliest Civilization: (page 37)
Name of Tribes in the Region: Olmec
Geographic
Location: Central
American lowlands near the
Time Period: 3,500
years ago (about 1,500 B.C.)
Buildings &
homes: The Olmec built large cities &
temples. They also created huge stone
heads. The Olmec supplied
their cities with food from nearby farms.
Economy: farming
Government: Unknown
Other information:
The Olmecs studied the stars and created a
calendar. Little is know about
their
culture.
EARLY CULTURES OF NORTH
AMERICA
The People
of the Southwest: (page 40)
Name of Tribes in the
Region:
Geographic
Location:
Time Period:
Buildings &
homes:
Economy:
Government:
Other information:
The Mound Builders: (page
41)
Name of Tribes in the
Region:
Geographic
Location:
Time Period:
Buildings &
homes:
Economy:
Government:
Other information:
CULTURES OF NORTH AMERICA
The Far
North and Plateau Regions: (page 43-44)
Name of Tribes in the
Region:
Geographic
Location:
Time Period:
Buildings &
homes:
Economy:
Government:
Other information:
The Cultures of the Northwest: (page
44)
Name of Tribes in the
Region:
Geographic
Location:
Time Period:
Buildings &
homes:
Economy:
Government:
Other information:
The
Cultures of the Southeast: (page 45)
Name of Tribes in the
Region:
Geographic
Location:
Time Period:
Buildings &
homes:
Economy:
Government:
Other information:
The Eastern Woodlands (The
Iroquois Confederacy): (page 47-48)
Name of Tribes in the
Region:
Geographic
Location:
Time Period:
Buildings &
homes:
Economy:
Government:
Other information:
CENTRAL
AND SOUTH AMERICAN EMPIRES:
The Mayas: (page
38)
Name of Tribes in the
Region:
Geographic
Location:
Time Period:
Buildings &
homes:
Economy:
Government:
Other information:
The Aztecs: (page
38-39)
Name of Tribes in the
Region:
Geographic
Location:
Time Period:
Buildings &
homes:
Economy:
Government:
Other information:
The Incas: (page
39-40)
Name of Tribes in the
Region:
Geographic
Location:
Time Period:
Buildings &
homes:
Economy:
Government:
Other information:
