Vocabulary
When people or animals move from place to place
Migration
The long term weather patterns in a particular area
Climate
What created the Bering Land Bridge?
Frozen glaciers and exposed land from low sea levels
About how long ago did the first Americans arrive in North America?
About 20,000 years ago
A land connection between Asia and North America
Bering Land Bridge
A large solid area of land (Earth has 7)
Continents
What continent did the native Americans cross over to North America from?
Asia
What were some of the large animals that the first Americans hunted?
Wooly Mammoth, Mastodons, Sabre tooth cats, Buffalo, etc...
Anything that was made by humans from the past
Artifact
The study of the Earth's landscapes, environments, and the relationship between the people and their environment.
Geography
What continent did the first Americans migrate to?
North America
What do they call long, thick sheets of ice from the Ice Age?
Glaciers
People who rely on hunting animals and gathering plants for food
Hunters and Gatherers
The original people who live in a place
Indigenous
What is the coldest continent?
Antarctica
What were the first Americans food sources?
Animals and plants
Someone who studies people and their culture
Anthropologist
Someone who searches for artifacts from the past
Archaeologist
What is the largest continent?
Asia
The area in North America where the first Americans migrated to is now what state?
Alaska