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| objects made by people, such as stone spear points, bone tools and pottery |
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| large sheets of ice on the earth's surface |
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| to move from one area to another |
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| a mound where ancient people threw their trash including bones and shells |
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| north pole, arctic ocean, lived in tents made of animal skins in the summer and sod or snow houses in the winter, got food by hunting and fishing, hunted whale, seal caribou, used kayaks made of whale bone and animal skin |
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| lived along the southern Florida coasts, ate mostly fish and shellfish, farming was not important to them, travled the water in canoes, used seashells to make tools and jewelry. Had a central government, had an organized religion |
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| southwest coast, near Tampa, traded with Apalachee for corn, little farming, hunted with sticks atlatl, lived near water, village ruled by chief who lived on top of a mound |
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| lived in northwest florida, farmers with good soil, men warriors and hunters, women planted and gathererd food, grew corn, beans, squash, played game like soccer, language very different from Timucua, chief and council lived on mound, chief buried in mound with seashell necklaces and copper shield |
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| lived in small villages along western coast of Florida, near Tampa |
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| Tall, lived in southeast coast of Florida, many villages, villages by Miami river and islands near Biscayne Bay, traveled by canoe, men fished sharks and porpoise, women collected clams and oysters, hunted manatee,bear, deer, other everglades animals, used shells and sharkteeth for tools and weapons |
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| What was life like for people before the glaciers melted? |
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| The climate was drier and cooler, sea level was lower, not much fresh water, so they had to travel a lot, mastodons and mammoths |
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| How did the melting of the glaciers affect the way people lived? |
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| they were able to stay because they had fresh water, they started farming, |
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| Describe the way of life of people who lived in Florida 5,000 years ago |
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| climate and size of Florida much like today, people settled all over the area, made tools,from large seashells, made traps and nets to catch fish |
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| How do middens help archeologists study the early life of people in Florida? |
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| they can look at the artifacts that native americans left behind in their garbage or burial grounds to find out what they ate, what kind of tools they used, and how they lived from what they left behind |
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| Explain how the Timucua use the environment to meet their needs |
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| grew crops where the soil was good, in other places they gathered wild plants and hunted animals and fish |
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| What did the Calusa use seashells to make? |
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| an island, weapons, jewelry,canals, tools |
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| How were the Calusa, Tocobago and Tequesta cultures alike? |
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| they were all southern coastal cities, they all hunted and fished for food |
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| How were the Timucua and Apalachee cultures alike? |
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| they were northern florida tribes that farmed because they had good soil |
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| How did the Native American culture groups develop in Florida over time? |
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| Different groups of Indians settled in different areas over time, they migrated, probably in search of fresh water and used their environments to meet their needs and that determined their cultures. |
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| Which Native American cultures did little farming? Why? |
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| Tequesta, Calusa and Tocobago because they lived in the coastal areas that were sandy and not good soil for growing crops |
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| How did Native Americans mostly get food in the north compared to the south? |
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| they grew crops like corn and squash and they hunted |
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| What did the Native Americans trade for? |
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| corn and seashell necklaces |
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| What area of Florida did each of the five cultures live in? |
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| What is a cross sectional diagram? How do you read one? |
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| a picture that shows the inside of something after it is cut in half |
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