Early Americans
Paleo / Native Americans
Europe
Vocabulary
Variety
100
What bridge did the Paleo -Indians cross to come to North America?
Bering Land Bridge
100

How did Indigenous people often use natural resources? 

to make artifacts and sustain their communities. 

100

What is a result of the Columbian Exchange? 

a. Isolation of the Americas
b. Depletion of resources in Africa
c. Global exchange of crops and ideas
d. Creation of new Indigenous cultures

c.

100
What is environment?
climates and landscapes that surround living things.
100
How did Native Americans adapt to their environment?
Great Plains - used buffalo for shelter, food, clothing North east people - used trees for shelter, small animals for food and clothing Southwest People - used clay for homes, grew maize for food
200
A group's set of common values and traditions,including language, government, and family relationships is called?
culture
200

Why did the Plains Natives use Tipis? 

To make moving from place to place easier. 

200

Who were the Taino? 

The indigenous people of Hispanola

200
What is culture?
A groups set of common values and traditions, including language, government, and family relationships.
200

The land bridge does not exist anymore because why? 

The Ice Age ended and the ice sheets melted. 

300
People who hunted animals and gathered food are called what?
hunters and gatherers
300

What is an example of an artifact? 

anything made by humans. 

300

What were the three reasons that Europeans wanted to explore? 

Gold, Glory and God. or Power, Wealth and Morality. 

300
Migration is the movement of people or animals from one region to another. True/ false
true
300

What typically happens during an Ice Age that affects human migration? 

Ice sheets expand. 

400

The Term Paleo-Indian refers to which group of people? 

a. Early inhabitants of Africa
b. The original settlers of Europe
c. The earliest human inhabitants of the Americas
d. Recent migrants to Asia

c- Earliest human inhabitants of the Americas


400

Why might Paleo-Indians have migrated across the Bering Land Bridge? 

To find new resources. 
400

What is an "encounter?"

a meeting between different cultures. 

400

What are examples of Nonfiction text features? 

illustrations, photographs, captions, diagrams, table of contents, glossary. 

400

What is an example of a resource? 

Water, Air, Land, Animals.
500
A movement of people or animals from one region to another is called?
migration
500

What were tipis made from?

buffalo hide and poles

500

Why was Christopher Columbus Arrested? 

Answers will vary. 

500

What is monotheism?

The belief in one God only 

500

What is "Bartering?"

Trading.