Vocabulary - 1
Vocabulary - 2
Fill in the Blank
Beringia
The Americas
100
to move one country or region, and settle in another
What is migration
100
a large mass of ice that moves very slowly down a mountain or through a valley
What is glacier
100
During the Ice Age, the Bering Sea was...
What is earth/land bridge
100
The Bering Sea is ______ miles wide.
What is 18
100
People from Siberia came through the state of _________ to get to the Americas.
What is Alaska
200
very cruel and savage
What is ferocious
200
someone who looks for information to solve crimes
What is sleuth
200
The people from Siberia followed a ______ to the Americas.
What is mammoth
200
The sea was icy and ______________
What is treacherous
200
Alaska was free of ___________, which allowed them to stay warmer and have more food to eat.
What is ice
300
not to be trusted; dangerous
What is treacherous
300
to be similar to; be like
What is resemble
300
Beringia had a ________ climate, which made it a good place to live.
What is mild
300
The earth bridge was __________ miles wide.
What is 1,000
300
College students found a skeleton, which they later named ____________, in the Columbia River.
What is Kenny
400
a person descending from a particular ancestor
What is descendant
400
to chew steadily with a crunching sound
What is munch
400
People stayed in the Americas because there was a _____________ amount of game to hunt.
What is plentiful
400
The continents of _________ and ___________ are on either side of the Bering Sea.
What is Asia and North America
400
Some of the animals found in the Americas were ______________________.
What is ox, sheep, lions, deer, moose, fox, otter, beaver
500
having large, saber-like, canine teeth
What is saber-toothed
500
not too much or too little
What is moderately
500
Animals from the Americas were very ________ in comparison to animals today.
What is large
500
Beringia was a good place to live because there were a lot of _____________ and ______________.
What is animals and plants
500
People became stuck in the Americas because the ice, or earth bridge, _____________.
What is melted
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