Vocabulary
the average measurements of temperature, wind, humidity, snow, and rain in a place over the course of years.
What is climate?
How many braches of the governmnet are there?
What are 3.
Paleo means....
What is ancient?
What do archeologist do?
What is dig for artifacts.
very old or old-fashioned.
What is Archiac?
The highest law in the land.
What is the Constitution.
Paleoamericans had to ______ for their food.
What is hunt?
Where did the Archaic Indians live?
What is along the Pecos River?
a glacial episode during a past geological period
What is the Ice Age?
The Branch of governmnet that passes the laws.
What is the Legislative branch.
_____ ____ provided most clothing for Paleoamericans.
What is animal hides?
How do we learn about the people from the past?
through archaeological discoveries, scientifc exploration, timelines and making inferences.
a stick used by some indigenous peoples of North America to propel a spear or dart.
What is atlatl
The ______ declared freedom from Great Britian in 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence.
Paleoamericans were nomads. What are nomadic people?
What are people who travel from one place to another place.
Why did people’s lives change at the end of the Ice Age?
The large animals they hunted became extinct. The climate grew warmer. The land began to change.)
means “one who knows.” and they are believed to have special powers, such as the ability to tell the future.
What is shaman?
This led to the United States wanting freedom from Great Britian rule.
What are taxes.
Meat was an important part of Paleoamericans diets. What other food did they eat?
What are nuts, berries and wild fruits.
Reading ______ helps me know about people and places of the past.
What is historical fiction.