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vocabulary
migration theories
Ways of Life
Changing way of Life
100
a possible explanation of why something happened
What is a theory
100
they walked across a land bridge
What is one theory about how early peoples migrated from Asia to the Americas?
100
centered around hunting
What was the way of life for the early peoples of the Americas?
100
about 10,000 years ago
When did the Ice Age come to an end?
200
a long period of extreme cold
What is the Ice Age
200
hunter followed animals
What is one theory about why early peoples migrated from Asia to the Americas?
200
a clue left behind by people that tells us about their way of life
What is an artifact?
200
glaciers melted
What happened as the earth's climate got warmer?
300
thick sheets of ice caused by low temperatures
What is a glacier?
300
mammoths and caribou
What are the animals that early peoples followed across the land bridge or hunted?
300
scientists who interpret artifacts left behind
What is an Archaeologist?
300
large Ice Age animals either died out due to the warmer climate or were all killed off by hunters
What happened when the Ice Age climate changed?
400
the Bering Straight
What is the narrow stretch of water that separates Asia from North America.
400
40,000 to 10,000 years ago
What is the period of time that many scholars believe that the first people migrated to the Americas.
400
Wherever food was found
Where did most early people live during the Ice Age?
400
they gathered plants that grew wild, like grains, roos veggies, berries and nuts.
What are the foods hunter-gatherers gathered or ate?
500
a words that means to move from one place to another
What is "to migrate? "
500
may have migrated by boat
What is another theory of how peoples first migrated to the Americas?
500
hunters became hunter-gatherers
What happened to early peoples when large Ice Age animals died out?
500
they moved with the seasons to find whatever foods each season provided.
What did the hunter-gatherers to get food?