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Way Back
What Happened?
100
the movement of people
migration
100
What is the name of the time period when temperatures were extremely cold?
Ice Age
100
Because of the Ice Age, the ocean levels did what?
Lowered
200
Thick sheets/mountains of ice
glaciers
200

How long ago did the Ice Age occur?

10,000-20,000 years ago

200
When the temperatures began to rise again, the ice began to do what?
Melt
300

What is the definition of a nomad?

people who travel from place to place and take their shelters with them

300
How do some scientists think that the first people came to North America?
The Land Bridge
300
After the Ice Age, the ocean levels began to do what?
Rise
400

An idea that explains something.

theory
400
Why did the first people come into North America?
They were following the animals that they would hunt and eat.
400
What happened to the Land Bridge?
After the Ice Age, the ocean levels rose and the land bridge is now under water.
500
What is the definition of extinct?
No longer living
500
What two continents do scientists think were once connected by a land bridge?
North American and Asia
500
What is the name of the area where Asia and North America were once connected?
Beringia