Vocabulary Part 1
is the study of things that people made, used, and left behind
What is archeology?
imaginary line that divides the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere
What is the equator?
There are only 100,000 glaciers in Alaska, and these masses are all white!
What is false?
Describe the Ice Age
What is a period in time that occurred millions of years ago when there were large amounts of glaciers and ice sheets covering the Earth's surface.
A glacial episode during a past geological period.
What is an Ice Age?
the invisible lines on the equator that measure how far North or South a place is on Earth
What is latitude?
The large mammals such as mammoths, beavers and bears that lived during the ice age were also called megafauna
What is true?
Describe an innovation and give 2 examples from the Inuit People
What is a new object, method or product that was created to solve a problem. Ex: Bow drill and harpoon
Human history in the period before recorded events
What is prehistory?
something made or used by people in the past that help us to learn about their culture. It could be a tool, a piece of pottery, clothing, or even a building.
What are artifacts?
The Bering Land Bridge connected Siberia and Alaska, and was exposed during the Ice Age as water levels decreased._
What is true?
Name 3 roles that the Maya Civilization had
What is Kings, Noblemen, Merchants, Priests, Warriors, Artisans, Commoners or Slaves?
the gradual movement of the continents across the earth's surface through geological time.
What is a Continental Drift?
the theory that Earth's outer shell is divided into several plates that glide over the mantle, the rocky inner layer above the core. The plates act like a hard and rigid shell compared to Earth's mantle.
What is plate tectonics?
Name the 4 hemispheres on Earth
What is the Northern Hemisphere, Southern Hemisphere, Eastern Hemisphere and the Western Hemisphere
a supercontinent that existed over 250 millions years ago as one large landmass where all the continents were joined together
What is Pangaea?
a connection between two landmasses, especially a prehistoric one that allowed humans and animals to colonize new territory before being cut off by the sea, as across the Bering Strait and the English Channel.
What is a land bridge?
Describe the difference between the Land Bridge Theory and the Coastal Theory.
What is the Land Bridge theory is the belief people migrated across Asia to North America via a strait that connected the two continents.The Coastal Route theory is the idea people arrived here long before this bridge idea came about. Early hunters from Asia traveled along hte coast to N.A. by hunting and surviving on sea life along the coastal waters.