The First Americans
These sources of information were created at the time of the event or by someone present at the event
Primary Source
People of the Northwest coast gave away their belongings for which two events?
Births and marriages
Name two physical features of the Southeast
Highlands and lowlands
Why were the people of the Great Plains nomads?
Poor soil
These lights are among the wonders of the Arctic People
Northern lights
This person studies the history of human society
An anthropologist
This is a major habitat of a region.
Biome
This was the most important food for the Muscogee
Corn
What is the winter and summer like in the Great Plains?
Cold winters and warm summers
True or false: Arctic people need snow glasses
true
According to this theory, people traveled over a land bridge that only appeared after dropping sea levels
Land bridge theory
The Chinook tribe was a part of the Northwest. How did they get their food?
Hunters and gatherers
This word means people of a different speech
Cherokee
What animal did the Plains people mostly hunt?
Bison
Where did the Aleut people live just below?
The Arctic
This theory suggests that Western Europeans crossed to North America first.
The ice bridge theory
This is a place located in Oregon where people traded goods like food, jewelry, clothing, and many other items.
The Dalles
This group of people dug ___________systems
Irrigation
The Great Plains people used this type of signal because it could be seen easily
Smoke signal
The Inuit people were once called this name by outsiders
Eskimos
Stories that tell how the world, or a particular culture, came to be
Origin Stories
These houses were made from cedar planks.
Plank house
The Pueblo people's homes were made of this
Adobe or limestone bricks
This is word means wind
Chinook
Name a food that Inuit people ate
fish, seals, whales, walruses, and animals that lived in the tundra region. and animals that lived in the tundra region.