First Americans
This land bridge once connected Asia and North America.
Beringia
This group lived in areas that are now Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, and Utah.
Who were the Ancestral Pueblo?
These three groups adapted to life in the Arctic: Inuit, Yupik, and _____.
Aleut
These four groups were among the people who lived on the Great Plains.
Comanche, Cheyenne, Lakota, and Pawnee?
This word means changing or adjusting to survive in a particular environment.
adapt
About 40,000 years ago, glaciers caused sea levels to do this, exposing land between Asia and North America
drop/lower
The Ancestral Pueblo used this system to bring water to dry areas so they could grow crops.
irrigation
Arctic peoples hunted animals such as seals and whales because these animals provided food and other useful resources.
Question: Besides food, name ONE thing they got from these animals.
Fur/skins, blubber, clothing, blankets, or heat.
Because the Plains had very few trees, people used animal hides to build these homes.
teepees
The environment can affect what people eat, wear, build, and use for this purpose.
resources
Most scientists believe people were crossing Beringia by about this time.
What is 13,000 years ago
These two structures were built to direct and store water in the dry Southwest.
damns and reservoirs
The Inuit sometimes built these temporary shelters from blocks of packed snow.
igloos
This animal was probably the most important resource for many Plains peoples.
buffalo
A long period without rain caused the Ancestral Pueblo to move and change how they farmed.
a drought
A newer theory suggests some people arrived in the Americas before crossing Beringia by traveling along this coastline.
What is the Pacific Coast?
This building material was made by mixing clay with grass or straw and drying it in the sun.
adobe
The Yupik used these animals to pull sleds for transportation across the land.
dogs
Plains people used almost every part of the buffalo. Name TWO things they made or used from buffalo.
clothing, blankets, shoes, homes, tools, utensils, or fuel.
Which group would be most likely to use animal hides to build homes because their environment had very few trees?
plains people
Explain TWO theories about how the first people arrived in the Americas.
One theory says people traveled from Asia across the Beringia land bridge. Another theory suggests people arrived earlier by traveling by boat along the Pacific Coast.
How did farming help the Ancestral Pueblo develop larger communities?
Irrigation allowed them to grow more food. As their food supply increased, their population grew, leading to larger communities and eventually impressive cliff dwellings.
How did the Arctic environment shape the lives of the people who lived there? Give TWO examples.
The extreme cold influenced their clothing and homes, while the animals available influenced their food, tools, transportation, and other resources.
How did the environment shape the way Plains people lived?
The Plains had few trees and huge herds of buffalo, so people adapted by using animal hides for clothing and homes and using buffalo for food, tools, clothing, shelter, and fuel.
Across all four regions, what is the BIG IDEA about the relationship between people and their environment?
People adapted to their environment by using the resources available to them. Their environment influenced their food, clothing, homes, transportation, tools, and way of life.