Pleistocene Epoch
What is the Ice Age
During the Pleistocene Epoch, humans honed which skills?
What are hunting, artwork, fire, and language.
This transition from relying on gathering wild plants and hunting animals to planting crops is called what.
What is the Agricultural Revolution
This group was known as the "Cliff Dwellers" for the amazing homes they built into the sides of canyons.
Who are the Ancestral Pueblo
Objects made by humans, like tools and pottery, that archaeologists study to learn about the past.
What are artifacts
How long did the Pleistocene Epoch last?
What is 2 million years.
What land mass helped our early ancestors migrate?
What is the Bering Land Bridge.
The development of agriculture allowed people to stop being nomadic and build these instead
What are permanent settlements or villages
The Hohokam of Southern Arizona decorated pottery with what image?
What is a bird.
hunter/gatherers used what tool to help them hunt?
What is a Clovis point.
How many glacial periods were there during this epoch?
What is 20 cycles.
The Bering Land Bridge was made out of what material?
What is ice.
This crop was the most important for the development of civilizations in the Americas.
What is corn
What did the Chumash create?
What is a canoe-like boat made out of rushes.
Early Americans made this from clay for storing food and water, a sign that they were becoming more settled.
What is pottery.
True or false. There were dramatic fluctuations in temperature during the Pleistocene epoch.
True, at some points, the climate was about the same as it is today.
The first Americans were nomadic, meaning they moved from place to place in search of this.
What is food.
What is the name of Corn's wild ancestor?
What teosinte.
Which civilization thrived near the modern town of St. Louis Missouri?
What is the Cahokia.
The Pilling Figurines were found in which state?
What is Utah.
Which Epoch comes after the Pleistocene Epoch?
What is the Holocene Epoch.
According to the text, modern humans evolved between which two dates?
What is 75,000 and 35,000 years ago.
In which region of North America was domesticated corn first found?
What is Mexico.
Between what time period did the Pueblo live in their homes?
What is between 500 and 1300
The Hopewell artist made what image?
A hand made from soft rock, mica.