Vocabulary
the study of past human life
What is archaeology?
Yes, there are three large countries in this continent. But don't forget the other twenty.
The ocean named after the Greek god, Atlas.
What is North America?
What is the Atlantic?
10,000 to 8000 BCE: Ancient peoples of MN hunted these large elephant-like mammals (two types).
What are mammoths and mastodons?
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What is a human?
14,000 years ago, these covered Minnesota up to a mile deep in some places.
What are glaciers?
an object made, used, or altered by humans
What is an artifact?
The largest ocean and the largest continent
What is the Pacific and Asia?
Throughout all of history, this activity has been prevalent...a way to get food.
What is the hunting?
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What is a dog?
Glaciers left large chunks of ice that eventually melted, leaving depressions that would become filled with water...our 11,842 lakes!
What are kettle lakes?
a carved image into a rock
What is a petroglyph?
Humans originated from this continent.
The warmest ocean.
What is Africa?
What is the Indian?
3000 to 500 BCE: Tools and jewelry were made out of this substance.
What is copper?
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What is a turtle?
As glaciers crept down from the north, they carried these chunks and eventually dropped them.
What are erratics?
a tool used to throw a spear or a dart
What is an atlatl?
Commonly referred to as Oceania.
The body of water that borders Antarctica.
What is Australia?
What is the Southern Ocean?
200 BCE to 1300 CE: People were using this material to make pottery for cooking and storing.
What is clay?
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What is an atlatl?
As the ice sheet crept forward the rocks scraped the bedrock, leaving gouges.
What are striations?
the retelling of stories to help us understand culture
What is oral history?
The second smallest continent
The smallest and shallowest ocean.
What is Europe?
What is the Arctic?
7000 to 5000 BCE: Peoples' diets varied because as the climate warmed, plants produced these.
What are nuts and fruit?
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What is a crescent and a raptor?
A mound that looks like a giant water droplet.
What is a drumlin?