Early Ohioans
Terms
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- extinct
- A family of plants or animals that has died out.
- artifact
- Object made by people who lived in the past, often found and studied by archaeologists.
- archaeologist
- A scientist who studies the way people lived in the past, including prehistoric times.
- history
- The written story of the past.
- prehistory
- The time before written records.
- band
- Small group to which some Native Americans belonged.
- flint
- A kind of hard rock used for making tools and points for arrows and spears.
- Beringia
- A wide land bridge that connected Asia and Alaska that people traveled across during the Ice Age.
- culture
- The way of life shared by a group of people, including language, beliefs, music, foods, and holidays.
- religion
- The way people worship the God or gods they believe in.
- barter
- To trade things for other things without using money.
- Shaman
- A religious leader who is believed to heal the sick, tell the future, and control events.
- Trading Post
- A store in an unsettled area where trading and bartering are done.
- Council
- A group of people who meet to talk and make decisions.
- Fort Ancient Mound
- Hopewell stacked dirt 10-25 feet high, looked like forts.
- Great Serpent Mound
- Scientists believe it was built by the Fort Ancient People.
- hunter-gatherers
- Early people in Ohio that hunted and gathered food.
- Mound Builders
- Groups of Native Americans that built dirt mounds to possibly bury their dead, hold religous ceremonies, celebrate special occasions.
- The 3 groups of Mound Builders were called:
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1. Adena
2. Hopewell
3. Fort Ancient - Prehistoric Indians
- Native Americans that settled in our country before records were kept.
- The Adena people were the:
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1st group
1st farmers - The Hopewell people:
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* hoped they wouldn't die out
* the 2nd group
* built fort-like & geometric mounds
* 1st to trade & barter - 6 Historic Native American Indian Tribes were the:
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1. Ottawa
2. Miami
3. Wyandot
4. Mingo (also called Seneca)
5. Shawnee
6. Delaware - Native Americans moved into Ohio to search of:
- hunting grounds
- Some Native Americans came to Ohio because of __________ with other tribes.
- fights
- Some Native Americans were pushed off the land by Europeans who wanted the hunting grounds for ___________.
- farmland
- Native Americans liked to settle near _________.
- rivers
- Native Americans obtained food by _______, ______, __________, ________, _________, and ___________.
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hunting
fishing
gathering
farming
trading
trapping - It was positive for Native Americans to trade with Europeans because they received:
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new goods like clothes & tools
technology (guns) - It was negative for Native Americans to trade because:
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* exposed to diseases like Small Pox
* Guns wiped out food & fur supply
* caused Native Americans to fight each other to claim new hunting grounds
* Guns made the fights more deadly - timeline
- a diagram that shows historical events in order, read left to right.
- lick
- a natural salt deposit.
- longhouses
- a long wooden house in a Native American village that might house as many as 60 families.
- wigwam
- a rounded hut where one family would live.
- teepee
- hunters built teepees while away on summer hunts. These teepees held only a few people. Similar to a tent, but covered with grass mats.