APUSH 1.1 Contextualization Notes PDF

APUSH: 1.1 Contextulization Notes Before European exploration and colonization in the Americas, many tribes were scattered across North America and South America. Each of these tribes had complex societies with religious, political and cultural beliefs. Central and South America had highly o...

APUSH: 1.1 Contextulization Notes Before European exploration and colonization in the Americas, many tribes were scattered across North America and South America. Each of these tribes had complex societies with religious, political and cultural beliefs. Central and South America had highly organized societies, some which include the Mayas, Aztecs, and Incas. With the development of these complex societies, there was growth of settled subsistence farming, where crops such as beans and squash were grown. But the crop that had the most importance to the establishment of settled and permanent societies was maize (corn) Many native americans had to adapt very differently to many different environments. People in the southwest settled permanent societies and settlements through irrigation and agriculture in the deserts within the southwest. Settled societies in the Northeast had mixed agriculture and hunting forested. - These very different native societies adapted and transformed their environments through many innovations in agriculture, resource usage, and social structure. During this time, political and linguistic differences among the Native American tribes hindered in order to unite and oppose European encroachment. There were many Native american tribes within the Americas in both North America and South america, who both had to adapt to their environment in many different ways.