The earliest Americans are thought to have arrived on this continent from ____ long ago, before the rise of ____ or ____ civilization ( ____ years ago).
The earliest Americans are thought to have arrived on this continent from Asia long ago, before the rise of Greek or Roman civilization ( 15,000 years ago).
How did they reach North America?
How did they reach North America?
-Land Bridge (Beringia)
-Ice
-Boats
Land Bridge (Beringia): There could have been exposed land in the ____ Sea connecting Asia and ____ ____ (between Russia and Alaska).
Land Bridge (Beringia): There could have been exposed land in the Bering Sea connecting Asia and North America (between Russia and Alaska).
Ice: Colder tempertures might have allowed for a frozen bridge over the ____ ____.
Ice: Colder tempertures might have allowed for a frozen bridge over the Bering Strait.
Boats: People could have ____ over a long period of time.
Boats: People could have sailed over a long period of time.
The ____ of people took place in many waves and over a long period of time.
The migration of people took place in many waves and over a long period of time.
How did the people reach South America?
People migrated South by travaling through ____ America to ____ America and then further South to ____ America.
People migrated South by travaling through North America to Central America and then further South to South America.
These people migrated from the tip of ____ all the way down to ____.
These people migrated from the tip of Alaska all the way down to Brazil.
These people were ____ - ____.
These people were hunter-gatherers.
Their journey may have been caused by following prehistoric prey like ____ ____ and ____.
Their journey may have been caused by following prehistoric prey like wooly mammoths and bison.
They were probably large groups made up of ____ ____.
They were probably large groups made up of extended family.
Our only clues to see how these people came to America are from ____ and ancient ____.
Our only clues to see how these people came to America are from bones and ancient artifacts.
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A. Migration12
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B. Change from Hunting to Farming12
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A. Inuits - Arctic / Subarctic12
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B. Mound Builders: Greater Mississippi Area8
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C. The Adena (1000BC - 100AD)4
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D. The Hopewell (100AD - 700AD)3
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E. The Mississippians (500AD - 1600AD)3
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A. The Anasazi (Ancestra) Pueblos6
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B. The Pueblo2
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C. The Hopi4
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D. The Zuni2
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The Navajo3
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The Apache and Comanche2
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The Iroquois9
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The Mahicans2
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The Cherockee3
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Regions3
