Map Blog Post

                                           Native American Tribes in North America, c. 1500


         Our map is a map of Native American tribes and major products in the 1500's. There were many, many tribes, as well as products like fish, maize, and wild game. We got to see the densities of populations and where crops grew best and where some of these exotic animals lived. We created this to portray what life was like before the Europeans came to the Americas and how the land was being used pre-colonization. 


          Our topic is a map about the types of crops as well as the tribes that are found in America, circa 1500. I see a larger density of tribes are near the water, and it means that large bodies of water made doing everyday things a lot easier. I see that many tribes caught fish near the ocean, and it means that they had the technology to be able to fish, as well as be able to support a community with the fish that they caught. I see a lesser density of tribes near the Canadian border, and this means that the people did not want to deal with the constant coldness, so they chose to live farther south. I also see less tribes in the center of the United States, which means that it would have been a lot harder to survive off natural resources there instead of the coastline. Lastly, we see maize that is grown in the southern parts of the United States and in Mexico, which means that it needs a warmer climate to grow.