Vocab
Migration
movement of people to a new area or country in order to find work or better living conditions
Culture
Way of life
Spear-throwing weapon with razor-sharp point. Some made with Clovis points.
Atlatl
More food than was needed
Surplus
Archaeologists
Scientists who study the cultures of people long ago
Extinct
When an animal is dying out
Made from an animal bone splinter. Used to sew hides into clothing and tents.
Bone needle
Specialize
Band
Small group of people who work together to do things, such as hunting
Artifacts
Objects that early people have left behind
Agriculture
Indian peoples tell of their beliefs about the world and their place in it through their
origin stories
Nomads
wanderers who have no settled home
Evidence
Proof
Maize
Another word for corn
Why did the oceans become shallower during the last Ice Age?
much of the water was locked up in glaciers
People were able to keep a regular surplus of food after the development of
agriculture
an idea used to account for a situation or justify a course of action
Origin Stories
Beliefs about people or Gods
Made of wood, used for hunting
Club
Beringia is the name of the land bridge that once connected
Asia and North America