Early Migration
East Coast, Plains and Southwest
California, Basin & Pacific
100

This was the name of the land bridge that early Americans traveled across to reach North America.

Beringia

100

These are the "three sisters" that many Native Americans relied on.

Corn, beans and squash

100

These are carved wooden monuments built to represent family lineage, history and important events.

Totem poles

200

The land bridge that connected the Americas to Asia is part of a larger migration theory, called what?

The Out of Africa Theory

200

This animal is what Plains nations relied on for most of their resources.

Bison

200

These are the boats that California nations built to fish for salmon and travel on rivers.

Dugout canoes

300

The land bridge formed when water levels rose due to the formation of these large ice formations.

Glaciers

300

These materials are what southwest nations built their homes out of (provide at least ONE of the materials).

Adobe and/or sandstone
300

This important mythological animal would often appear on totem poles in the pacific northwest.

Thunderbird

400
This is how long ago humans are thought to have crossed over the land bridge to the Americas.

13000 years ago

400

East coast Native Americans largely believed in a God that created all life, which was commonly called this.

Great Spirit

400

Great basin nations hunted and gathered for resources such as: (list at least two!)

Gathered: pine nuts, berries, roots

Hunted: Jackrabbits, pronghorn antelope, waterfowl

500

This is how long ago humans were thought to have possibly sailed to the Americas.

30000 years ago

500

This is the term that means inheritance follows the mother's family line.

Matrilineal

500

California nations used these plants for clothing and sandals.

Yucca plants

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