Chapter 2 Learning Objectives

Students will be able to understand Indigenous Peoples’ concept understanding of their migrations across the North American continent.
Students will note the transition of many First Peoples from a common dependence on megafauna hunter-gatherer economic strategy to to an economic strategiesy that also incorporated agriculture.
Students will see how cultures and geography were the most important variables dictating economic choices.
Students will be able to identify the economic and cultural basis for trade, which helped to forge relationships between different Indigenous Peoples.