Theories
A Time of Change
Early Civilizations
vocab
Other
100
hunting groups traveled to North America across Beringia
What is the land bridge theory
100
farming
What is agriculture?
100
a culture that usually has cities and well-developed forms of government
What is a civilization?
100
grass, cut into blocks or mats
What is sod?
100
when you have too much of something
What is a surplus?
200
Native Americans have always lived in the Americas
What is the Origin Story
200
razor sharp spear heads
What are clovis points
200
Both the Olmecs and the Mayas were divided into this ...
What are social classes?
200
known as the best-known traders among the Northwest Coast Indians
Who are the Chinooks?
200
True or False Early people floated over the ocean on glaciers during the Ice Age
False
300
scientists who study cultures of people who live long ago are known as
What are archeologists?
300
ancient native americans who moved from place to place to follow the animals they hunted
What are nomads
300
known as the "Ancient People"
What are the Anasazi?
300
They built dugouts to hunt whales
Who are the Makahs?
300
These two Native American tribes were from the Eastern Woodland
Who are the Algonquians and Iroquois?
400
objects made by early people
What art artifacts?
400
when the climate became warmer and drier, vegetation the animals ate could no longer grow the result of this is
What is the giant animals became extinct.
400
known as the "mother civilization"
Who are the Olmecs?
400
a celebration to show a person's wealth
What is a potlatch?
400
Algonquian tribes used this to keep records and send messages
What are wampum?
500
early family members
What are ancestors
500
a term often used to describe a group of Native Americans
What is a Tribe?
500
spanish word for village
What is pueblo?
500
This Native American tribe relied on the buffalo as their most important resource
Who are the Plains Indians?
500
These natural resources were used to build houses for the Pueblo people
What are stones, mud and wood?
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