Primary or Secondary Source?
A diary of a Revolutionary War soldier.
What is a primary source?
The most popular theory about early migration suggests the first Americans arrived from this continent.
What is Asia?
This Great Plains Native American culture used teepees, made of buffalo skins.
Who are the Sioux?
This European country took an early lead in exploration.
What is Portugal?
A shared way of life (clothing, language, government, religion) among a large group of people.
What is a culture?
Photograph of Civil War general, Robert E. Lee
What is a primary source?
This natural feature allowed the first migrants to cross into North America.
What is the Bering Straight land mass (Beringia)?
This Southwestern Native American culture built pueblos made of adobe (clay).
Who are the Hopi (Pueblo)?
The King and Queen of Spain paid for this man's 4 journey's west. He was promised 10% of gold he found.
Who was Christopher Columbus?
Items provided by nature, used by humans.
What are natural resources?
Wikipedia article about woolly mammoths
What is a secondary source?
Land was exposed during this time period, allowing early migrants to move from one continent to another.
What was an Ice Age?
This Native American culture build their dome homes out of mud or ice.
Who are the Inuit (Eskimo)?
European explorers sailing west were looking for this all-water route to Asia.
What was the Northwest Passage?
People who go around spreading their religious beliefs to others.
Who are missionaries?
Encyclopedia entry about Christopher Columbus
What is a secondary source?
Early Americans were hunting these large animals.
What are woolly mammoths or mastodon?
This Native American culture was divided into clans, where the Clan Mother was in charge.
The Iroquois (Haudenosaunee)?
The movement of goods, animals, plants, technologies, and disease was called.
What was the Columbian Exchange?
Early form of corn, grown by Native Americans.
What is maize?
Fossils of early migrants during the last Ice Age.
What is a primary source?
Early Americans were able to settle down, build permanent shelters, and create civilizations when they learned to do this.
What is farm?
Different Native American cultures developed in America because of these factors. Name one.
What is environment, climate, and/or geography?
This animal, brought over by Spanish conquistadors, helped the plains Indians hunt the mighty buffalo.
What are horses?
Spanish conquerors.
Who were conquistadors?