"Culture areas" refer to rough groupings of contiguous peoples who shared similar habitats and characteristics. These areas are typically defined by the shared cultural traits, ways of life, and environmental conditions of the groups living in those regions. In the context of Native American history, these culture areas encompass the diverse practices, languages, and traditions of various indigenous groups that arose in response to their particular environments.
12,000 years ago the nomadic ancestors of modern Native Americans hiked over a “land bridge” from Asia to what is now Alaska. Anthropologists and geographers have divided these migrants and their descendants into “culture areas.” What are "culture areas"?
cold, flat, treeless regions near the Arctic Circle in present-day Alaska, Canada, and Greenland
commercial goods, like knives and kettles, which some Native Americans came to depend on
rough groupings of contiguous peoples who shared similar habitats and characteristics
people who organized their lives around small ceremonial and market villages known as hamlets
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