Earliest Americans
This theory states the first people to inhabit the Americas traveled across a strip of land
Land Bridge Theory
What region was the buffalo mainly found in?
Great Plains
Great Plains
DAILY DOUBLE: Educated guess based on background knowledge and text or visual evidence.
WORTH 200
Inference
The main source of food for people who lived near bodies of water was?
Seafood/Salmon
This theory state that the earliest people to visit the Americas traveled along the coastline before finally reaching and settling in the Americas
Coastal Route Theory
Irrigation systems can be used to bring water to crops. Which region was best known for this?
Southwest
What was the preferred shelter of nomads?
Tipi
a change or the process of change by which an organism or species becomes better suited to its environment
Adaptation
What's more likely to adapt? A person or an environment?
Person
The items that historians rely on the learn about various people and groups from the past
Artifacts
Which region had limited food and water resources?
Great Basin
Which region built and lived in underground pit houses?
Plateau
A people’s way of life, including beliefs, customs, food, dwellings and clothing
Culture
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What caused the strip of land between Asia and Alaska to be exposed (Land Bridge Theory)
Ice Age
Which region provided its inhabitants with forests, rivers, streams and other great natural resources
Eastern Woodlands
DAILY DOUBLE: Chose a friend to answer with you
Name 2 parts of the Buffalo and how the Native Americans utilized it
An area in which a group of people share a similar culture and language.
Cultural Region
Nomads were often following what?
Food Source/Animals
Spearpoints where found in America that matched artifacts found in Beringia. What modern day state where the spearheads found in?
New Mexico
Which region used willow branches and whale bone to build their shelters?
California
Name at least 3 natural resources
Trees, water, minerals, animals, soil, vegetation, etc.
To move from one place and establish a home in a new place.
Migrate
What is the correct theory of scientists on how the first people came to America? Land Bridge or Coastal Route....
Trick Question. Both have supporters and evidence to suggest they are correct.