AP U.S. History / Unit 1: Period 1: 1491–1607
1.2 Native American Societies Before European Contact
Notes
Native societies adapted to their environments:
- Southwest: maize farming, irrigation (Pueblo).
- Great Plains/Great Basin: mobile, hunting and foraging.
- Northwest: fishing, permanent villages.
- Northeast and Mississippi Valley: mixed farming and hunting, villages (Iroquois, Cahokia).
Practice
The spread of maize cultivation supported:
Agriculture and surpluses.
Plains peoples before horses were mainly:
Bison hunting.
Societies in the Pacific Northwest relied heavily on:
Salmon.
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