Beringia Beginnings
Texas Trek
Survival Skills
Environmental Impact
Reflecting on the Past
100

This land bridge connected Asia to North America during the Ice Age.

What is Beringia?

100

Early migrants eventually settled in this present-day U.S. state.

What is Texas?

100

Early Texans were known for this method of obtaining food involving wild plants.

What is gathering?

100

The environment in Texas provided these essential resources for survival.

What are food, water, and shelter?

100

Understanding early migration helps us learn about this aspect of human history.

What is cultural development?

200

These people crossed Beringia in search of new lands and resources.

Who are the early humans or Paleo-Indians?

200

These natural features influenced the migration path to Texas.

What are climate and terrain?

200

This term describes the ability to adjust to new environmental conditions.

What is adaptation?

200

Early Texans modified their environment by doing this to plants and animals.

What is domesticating?

200

This surprising fact about early Texans shows their ingenuity in survival.

What is their use of natural resources?

300

Beringia was exposed due to this global climate event.

What is the Ice Age?

300

This type of lifestyle involves moving frequently to find food.

What is a nomadic lifestyle?

300

These structures were used by early Texans for shelter.

What are temporary huts or lean-tos?

300

This term describes changes made to the environment to improve living conditions.

What is environmental modification?

300

Learning about early Texans helps us understand this about today's society.

What is the importance of adaptation?

400

This type of migration involves moving from one region to another, often for resources.

What is human migration?

400

Early Texans hunted these large Ice Age animals for food.

What are mammoths?

400

Early Texans used this resource to make tools and weapons.

What is stone?

400

These natural resources were crucial for the survival of early Texans.

What are wood and water?

400

This method of historical study involves examining how people lived in the past.

What is archaeology?

500

The primary reason early humans crossed Beringia was to follow these.

What are animal herds?

500

This region of Texas was an attractive settlement area due to its resources.

What is the Gulf Coast or the Great Plains?

500

This term describes people who rely on hunting animals and gathering plants for food.

What are hunter-gatherers?

500

This environmental factor greatly influenced the lifestyle of early Texans.

What is climate?

500

This lesson teaches us about the importance of this in human history.

What is migration?

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