Ancient Relics
An object made or used by humans from the past.
What is an Artifact?
A person from whom one is descended.
Who is an Ancestor?
The movement of people or animals from one place to another.
What is Migration?
A traditional narrative that tells about the beginnings of a group of people.
What is an Origin Story?
I am a story, but I'm not a book. I tell how the world or a certain group began. You might hear me told around a campfire. What am I?
An Origin Story
The scientist who studies the cultures of people who lived long ago.
Who is an Archaeologist?
Ancient wanderers who often followed their food and had no settled home.
Who are Nomads?
The science or practice of farming.
What is Agriculture?
The name for ancient wanderers who have no settled home.
Who are Nomads?
I am not a person, but I show where people were. I might be a broken pot, an arrowhead, or a clay pipe. I was made or used by humans long ago. What am I?
An Artifact
A possible explanation for an event, not yet a proven fact.
What is a Theory?
A group of Native Americans who share a common language and customs.
What is a Tribe?
Having no living members; no longer existing, like the woolly mammoth.
What is Extinct?
The correct term for the type of dwelling known as a cliff-side village.
What is a Pueblo?
I move slowly, but I am massive. I am made entirely of ice and once covered huge parts of the Earth. If I melt, sea levels rise. What am I?
A Glacier
A huge, slow-moving sheet of ice.
What is a Glacier?
The ancient homes of the Southwest built next to or on top of one another.
What is a Pueblo?
A person’s child, grandchild, or later relative.
Who is a Descendant?
The key action early Americans took across the Bering Strait.
What is Migration?
I am what a deer does when it moves south for the winter. I am what your family does when you move from New York to Texas. I am the movement of people or animals from one place to another. What am I?
Migration
The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes, like the Atlatl.
What is Technology?
An advanced culture having cities, a well-formed government, and language.
What is a Civilization?
The division of a society based on status, separating priests from farmers.
What is Social Class?
The word for someone who is descended from a particular ancestor.
Who is a Descendant?
I am the practice that changed the world. Before me, people hunted all their food. Because of me, people could settle down and build villages. I am the science of raising crops and animals. What am I?
Agriculture