Ethnic Groups
This group includes people who are descendants of the first people to live in North and South America.
The first people of this group followed animals over a land bridge, reaching the Americas.
Who are the Native Americans?
This word refers to a settlement ruled by another country.
What is a colony?
This ethnic group contributed sushi and stir-fry to the USA.
Who are the Asian Americans?
This refers to someone who comes from another place to live in a country.
What is an immigrant?
This group includes people who immigrated from Latin America or are descendants of those born in Latin America.
They built towns, churches, and forts in the areas we now know as Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and Florida.
Who are Latin Americans?
This word refers to a way of life shared by a group of people. It includes their language, foods, traditions, and beliefs.
What is culture?
This ethnic group greatly contributed to promoting equal rights to our country.
Who are the African Americans?
This was a period of time when the Earth’s climate was very cold and much of the planet’s surface was covered with ice
What is the Ice Age?
This group includes people who are immigrants from Europe or are descendants of a European country.
They wanted to come to North America for a better life- to find land, freedom of religion, and to find work.
Who are European Americans?
This word describes how the U.S. is made up of people from many different backgrounds.
What is diverse?
This ethnic group contributed the idea of democracy to the USA.
Who are the European Americans?
The landmasses and islands of North America, Central America, and South America are referred to collectively as this.
What are the Americas?
This group includes people who are African immigrants or are descendants of people from Africa.
The first people of this group were forced out of their homes and forced to be slaves.
Who are African Americans?
A form of government in which people vote for their leaders.
What is a democracy?
This ethnic group contributed their knowledge of how to be cowboys to North America.
Who are the Latin Americans?
This war ended slavery in 1865.
BONUS: This president was in office during this war.
What is the American Civil War?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This group includes people who are immigrants from Asia or are descendants of people from Asia.
They came to North America to find gold and to build railroads.
Who are Asian Americans?
This term refers to a place where different people, styles, and interests are all mixed together.
What is the Melting Pot?
This ethnic group contributed their respect for nature to the USA.
Who are the Native Americans?
This was created during the Ice Age, allowing people to move around from place to place easily.
What is the land bridge?