NYS Indigenous Nations Geography
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Objective
I can locate and describe the geographic regions inhabited by Indigenous nations in New York State.
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Warm-up video
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Key concepts
3 concepts
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Indigenous means the earliest group to inhabit a land, or a group that existed there before colonizers arrived.
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Adaptations are the choices people make about how to live based on their environment.
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The three geographic regions highlighted in the video are the temperate, arid, and arctic regions.
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Practice
8 questions
What does the term 'Indigenous' mean in the context of North America?
Name three geographic features that influence the culture of a region, as discussed in the video.
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Exit ticket
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“Name and describe two different geographic regions in North America, as discussed in the video. For each region, briefly describe how Indigenous people adapted to the environment.”
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