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Earliest Lifeways In Montana Lesson 1-6 th Grade IEFA

Earliest Lifeways In Montana Lesson 1-6 th Grade IEFA. Early Geography of Montana. Prehistoric Map I Map courtesy of Montana Historical Society. Bering Strait. Asia. Canada. Montana. North America. Western Hemisphere. Old North Trail Map.

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Earliest Lifeways In Montana Lesson 1-6 th Grade IEFA

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  1. Earliest Lifeways In MontanaLesson 1-6th Grade IEFA Early Geography of Montana

  2. Prehistoric Map IMap courtesy of Montana Historical Society Bering Strait Asia Canada Montana North America Western Hemisphere

  3. Old North Trail Map http://russell.visitmt.com/historictrails/oldnorthtrail.htm http://browningmontana.com/attractions.html

  4. Vocabulary The vocabulary terms used in this presentation were taken from many sources.

  5. ancient • having had an existence of many years

  6. archaeology • study of past cultures through the things that remain, such as buildings, tools, or pottery.

  7. artifacts • objects made by people long ago

  8. atlatl • a device for throwing a spear or dart that consists of a rod or board with a projection (as a hook) at the end to hold the weapons in place until released • http://www.hollowtop.com/atlatlbob.htm

  9. biomes • places that have distinct climates and types of plants and animals

  10. bison • any of several large shaggy-maned recent or extinct bovine mammals having a large head with short horns and heavy forequarters surmounted by a large fleshy hump • sometimes called a buffalo

  11. chert • a rock resembling flint and consisting essentially of a large amount of fibrous chalcedony with smaller amounts of cryptocrystalline quartz and amorphous silica

  12. Clovis • a city in New Mexico where archaeologists found clues to humans who lived in the region more than 11,000 years ago • the well established human culture in North America named for the city

  13. culture • Includes the technology, customs, beliefs and art of peoples that can be described as the way individuals and groups interact with their environment

  14. descendants • Those who have proceeded from an ancestor or source

  15. expedition • a journey or excursion undertaken for a specific purpose

  16. flint • a material used for producing a spark; especially: an alloy (as of iron and cerium) • A hard quartz that produces a spark when struck by steel + =

  17. mammoth • any of a genus of large hairy extinct elephants

  18. mastodon • any of various extinct mammals of the elephant family existing from the Miocene through the Pleistocene that are distinguished from the related mammoths chiefly by molar teeth with cone-shaped cusps

  19. migration • The movement of humans or animals from one country or place to another

  20. preservation • the activity of protecting something from loss or danger

  21. projectile points • Another term for arrowheads

  22. research • the collection of information about a particular subject

  23. technology • the body of tools and other implements produced by a given society

  24. Discussion Questions I 1. How do you think Indians came to Montana? 2. Why is geography so important? 3. What type of animals lived in prehistoric Montana?

  25. Discussion Questions II 4.What type of artifacts could have been found in Montana? 5. Why are artifacts so important to us? 6. How do artifacts affect what we know about life in prehistoric Montana? 7. What kinds of technology did man use for weapons?

  26. Links • Atlatl http://www.hollowtop.com/atlatlbob.htm • Clovis http://achaeology.about/od/cterms/g/clovis.htm http://www.firstpeople.us/FP-Html-Clipart/Clovis-Point-Arrowheads-1.html

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