Crossing the Continent
What landmasses and territories make up "the Americas"?
North America, South America and all the surrounding islands
The movement of people across the land/ice bridge occurred during what era?
The Ice Age
Name two strategies used by hunters to make hunting wooly mammoths easier.
Chase animals over cliffs; Lure them into a dug-out trap lined with spears; Surrounding the animal and hurling spears
The most important crop for the early people of the Americas was:
Maize/ Corn
The first permanent houses in the Americas were made of what type of material?
Stone
The first people who came to the Americas originally came from which continent?
Asia
People who constantly move from place to place, without a fixed, permanent home are called
Nomads
How were other parts of the hunted animals useful to the early peoples? (Give two examples).
Animal hides used for wraps, aprons, rug, water bags; Animal guts used as rope, fishing lines.
What were conucos?
Earth mounds along riverbanks for irrigating and fertilizing fields
The first permanent houses resembled what type of dwellings previously inhabited by earlier wanderers
They resembled CAVES
The name of the land bridge over which the first people came to the Americas is called....
Beringia
Name two animals the early settlers hunted for food.
Wooly Mammoth, Bison, Caribou
Name 2 types of hunting tools developed and used by early hunters.
Spear; Bow and Arrow; Blowpipe and darts
In which South American country were potatoes first cultivated?
Peru
What is one way that alliances developed between tribes?
Trade
What was the main factor leading the early peoples to cross over the land/ice bridge into the Americas?
They were following herds of animals which they hunted for food.
The people who first crossed over into the Americas were called __________ after the area they originated from in Asia.
Mongolians
How did the first fishers travel along the banks of rivers and seashores?
In dug-out canoes
What method was used by farmers to plant crops on steep hillsides or sloping land?
They built terraces
Give two possible reasons for warfare between or among neighboring tribes?
Fighting over territories - hunting areas and farming areas; plundering stores of food/ animals; fighting over women/ people
What landmasses and territories make up "the Americas"?
North America, South America and all the surrounding islands
Name two physical features of the earliest settlers in the Americas.
Straight, black hair; Light brown skin; Narrow eyes; High cheekbones
Name two challenges the early food gatherers may have encountered.
Food scarcity; Figuring out which foods were safe or poisonous; Walking long distances; Seasonal unavailability of food (winter seasons)
Name one plant that was grown by the early people in the Americas for use as a narcotic (pain-reliever)
Tobacco
What is the name of the last great warrior tribe of the Americas?
The Aztecs