Beringia Beginnings
This land bridge connected Asia to North America during the Ice Age.
What is Beringia?
Early migrants eventually settled in this present-day U.S. state.
What is Texas?
Early Texans were known for this method of obtaining food involving wild plants.
What is gathering?
The environment in Texas provided these essential resources for survival.
What are food, water, and shelter?
Understanding early migration helps us learn about this aspect of human history.
What is cultural development?
These people crossed Beringia in search of new lands and resources.
Who are the early humans or Paleo-Indians?
These natural features influenced the migration path to Texas.
What are climate and terrain?
This term describes the ability to adjust to new environmental conditions.
What is adaptation?
Early Texans modified their environment by doing this to plants and animals.
What is domesticating?
This surprising fact about early Texans shows their ingenuity in survival.
What is their use of natural resources?
Beringia was exposed due to this global climate event.
What is the Ice Age?
This type of lifestyle involves moving frequently to find food.
What is a nomadic lifestyle?
These structures were used by early Texans for shelter.
What are temporary huts or lean-tos?
This term describes changes made to the environment to improve living conditions.
What is environmental modification?
Learning about early Texans helps us understand this about today's society.
What is the importance of adaptation?
This type of migration involves moving from one region to another, often for resources.
What is human migration?
Early Texans hunted these large Ice Age animals for food.
What are mammoths?
Early Texans used this resource to make tools and weapons.
What is stone?
These natural resources were crucial for the survival of early Texans.
What are wood and water?
This method of historical study involves examining how people lived in the past.
What is archaeology?
The primary reason early humans crossed Beringia was to follow these.
What are animal herds?
This region of Texas was an attractive settlement area due to its resources.
What is the Gulf Coast or the Great Plains?
This term describes people who rely on hunting animals and gathering plants for food.
What are hunter-gatherers?
This environmental factor greatly influenced the lifestyle of early Texans.
What is climate?
This lesson teaches us about the importance of this in human history.
What is migration?