The Earliest Americans
Where did the first settlers migrate from?
Asia
How long have Indigenous people lived in North America?
Over 13,000 years
The ______ developed the oldest known civilization in Mesoamerica.
Olmec
What were the 3 great trading kingdoms of West Africa?
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
Who were the first to cross the Bering Land Bridge?
Paleo-Indians
How were we able to gather information about early Indigenous cultures?
By artifacts left behind
The _____ expanded their territory to what is known today as Ecuador & Chile.
Inca
What caused the collapse of the West African Empires?
Lack of advanced military technology
What were Paleo-Indians known as?
Hunter-Gatherers
Paleo-Indians lived in small groups following _______________.
the large animals they hunted
The ______ were fierce warriors with a superior military.
Aztec
The _______ had control of the trade routes of West Africa for hundreds of years.
Berbers
When the sea levels fell, a land bridge between northeast Asia & present-day _________ was exposed.
Alaska
_______ people stayed in their seasonal base camps longer and lived in larger groups.
Archaic
The Inca build _________ & __________ between their territories to help them stay connected
buildings & roads
Ibn Battuta
State 3 ways the END of the Ice Age changed the world.
The melting of large glaciers.
The rise of sea levels.
The Bering Land Bridge disappeared.
Woodland Indians made hunting easier with the introduction of the ____________.
bow & arrow
Who built the first pyramids in the Americas, & created huge stone heads?
Who brought Muslim ideas of education to West Africa?
Mansa Musa