KEY TERMS
What is Migration?
moving from one place to another
How did the early people migrate? (Form of Transportation)
walking on foot
The Ice Age ended when the climate got...
warmer
Name one animal that was commonly hunted?
Wooly Mammoth
Since people had to find a new way to eat, what was one thing the people adapted to doing?
farming
What is a theory?
Possible Explanation
What was the purpose of migrating?
following animals for food
Since the climate got warmer, the glaciers ...
started to melt.
What could a mammoth's fur be used for?
clothing, blankets, shelter
name one way the people had to adapt to the new climate
multiple responses
What do Archaeologists do?
study the past by examining objects that people have left behind
Dry Land that once connected Asian and North America is called
Beringia
Adapt means to
be able to adjust to a new enviornment
What could the mammoth bones be used for?
weapons and tools
How is the living conditions (homes) different from how they lived during the Ice Age?
started setting up more permanent communities instead of moving constantly
What are objects made in the past called?
artifacts
What is the narrow stretch of water that separates Asia from North America called?
Bering Strait
Since the Ice Age animals could not adapt, what happened to them? (Looking for a specific word)
they became EXTINCT
Once a mammoth was downed, how would the people get the food to their people?
(kind of a trick question)
They would set up camp near the mammoth
What is a skill that is no longer needed now that the Ice Age is ending?
various answers
Define Agriculture.
farming
Beringia helps explain which theory?
The Land Bridge Theory
how did their diets change as the ice age was ending?
started eating more plants and different animals
Why did hunting mammoths in the warmer climate become difficult?
the mammoths could not adapt to the new environment thus causing them to go extinct
What is one thing that we can learn about the early people that effects us today?
various responses