A scientist who studies the cultures of people who lived long ago.
What is an Archaeologist?
100
Objects made by early people?
What is Artifacts?
100
Many of the ancient Indians depended on what animal to survive?
What is mammoths or mastodons = a very large animals.
100
Ancient Indians built shelter in?
What is Caves or tents from animal skins.
100
_____ is culture that usually has cities and well developed forms of government, religion, and learning.
What is civilization?
200
Is a person’s child, grandchild or later relative.
What is Descendant
200
A ____ is a slow moving sheet of ice.
What is glacier?
200
What are your past/earlier relatives called?
What is ancestors?
200
One important invention was the?
What is the Atlatl? WOW!!!!
200
Because life no longer centered around the hunting of giant animals, people began?
What is Fish and Hunt small animals, like deer and rabbits.
300
What was the most advanced form of technology that First Americas used?
What is stone.
300
Tell about the beginnings of Native American peoples.
What is Origin Stories?
300
_____ are people who wander around with no settled/permanent home. Why did they not have permanent homes??!!
What is Nomads, because they followed the animals. ** Most of their day was spend hunting and gathering food!
300
____ is the use of scientific knowledge or tools to make or do something.
What is Technology?!
300
This became the most important crop for many ancient Indians. WHY?
What is Maize? Maize is so versatile, they could have made corn flour with it or ate it whole.
400
How did land "appear" between Asia and North America?
What is the Earth was in an Ice Age. The climate was very cold and sea levels dropped because the water was frozen in glaciers. Therefore, the land/sand bar was visible and people/animals were able cross over.
400
Is the movement of people.
What is Migration?
400
Over time, these Indians learned to ?
What is Sharpen stones into spear point AND tie them to wooden poles? AHHH! TECHNOLOGY!
400
They lived and hunted how?
What is in families or small groups?
400
As the climate changed, the First Americans then changed even more (which was VERY important) by beginning to take the steps towards ____ ,
What is Producing/ Growing their own food! Very important!
500
What are the three theories that explain how the First Americans came to North America?
What is 1. The Land Bridge Theory - followed the animals into the Americas when the sea level dropped.
2. By boat- evidence of deep sea fish.
3. Origin Story- Native Americans believed they have always been here.
500
The history of the US began long before there ever was a United States. It actually began with _________________.
What is the first people in North America many thousands of years ago.
500
What did they do with mammoths?
What is They used mammoths by eating the meat and using the fur, skin, and bones, to make tools, clothing, and shelter.
500
Why did theses giant animals, mammoths, become extinct?
What is The climate became warm and dry and as a result the vegetation that the mammoths ate, could no longer grow. With no food to eat the mammoths eventually died.
500
How did Ancient Indians store extra food?
What is They stored extra food by making containers from reeds, vines, strips of wood and clay.