MIGRATION & SETTLEMENT
What was the name of the land bridge that once connected Siberia and Alaska?
Beringia
What parts of a place are included in its environment?
Its land, water, climate, plants, and animals
Which cultural region had treeless grasslands and millions of grazing bison?
Great Plains
What ability was most important to the survival of American Indian groups?
The ability to use available natural resources to meet their needs
What is an object made or used by people in the past called?
An artifact
Why did early peoples migrate from Asia into the Americas?
They were searching for food or following animals they hunted.
Its land, water, climate, plants, and animals
omething found in nature that people can use
Which cultural region had thick cedar forests, abundant salmon, and access to the Pacific Ocean?
Northwest Coast
Why did farming allow many groups to live in permanent villages?
Farming provided a reliable food supply, so people did not have to move as often to find food.
What are two things historians should examine when studying an artifact?
Possible answers include its materials, shape, construction, purpose, location, or signs of how it was used.
How did the last Ice Age make it possible for people to walk across Beringia?
Water froze into glaciers, sea levels dropped, and land between Asia and North America was exposed.
What characteristics might groups within the same cultural region share?
Similar languages, customs, beliefs, and ways of life
Which cultural region included deserts and mesas where people built adobe pueblos?
Southwest
Why did American Indian groups in different environments build different types of homes?
They faced different climates and used the building materials available in their environments.
Archaeologists find many tools made from animal bones and hides. What can they reasonably conclude about the people who made them?
Animals were an important natural resource used to meet several needs.
What development allowed many American Indian groups to produce enough food and settle in permanent villages?
Farming
How do historians learn about American Indians who lived before written records were available?
They examine artifacts that people made or used.
Which cultural region was mostly desert because surrounding mountains blocked rainfall, causing people to travel in small groups to find food and water?
Great Basin
How could a region’s food sources affect whether people moved frequently or lived in permanent villages?
Groups could settle where food was plentiful and dependable. They often moved when food was limited or changed with the seasons.
Around what large human-made landforms did many Southeastern people build their towns?
Earthen mounds
Why did different cultural regions develop across North America?
Groups adapted to different environments and natural resources, causing them to develop different ways of life.
What does the Lakota idea that one life (the Great Spirit) force flowed through people, animals, plants, rocks, and winds reveal about their view of nature?
They believed people were part of a larger community of living things.
Which cultural region had forests, lakes, and streams where people built longhouses, traveled by canoe, and grew corn, beans, and squash?
Eastern Woodlands
A region has very little rainfall, few trees, and limited food. Predict one way people might adapt and explain how it would help them.
Answers will vary.
People might move to find food and water, carry or store water, build with earth or brush, or create irrigation systems.
The answer must explain how the adaptation addresses the dry environment.
Archaeologists find a lightweight shelter covering made from animal hides. It could be folded and moved easily. What does this artifact reveal about the people’s environment and way of life?
The people relied on animals as an important resource and probably moved from place to place, so they needed portable shelter.