As far as we know, the first human beings to populate the Americas came from .

1. As far as we know, the first human beings to populate the Americas came from.

2. the continent of Asia

3. How do we define the term “prehistoric”?

4. before written accounts of the past(before writing)

5. What means of transportation was used by the first people to arrive in the Americas?

6. walking

7. Today, the Bering Strait separates Asia from Alaska. What was this area called when the seabed was exposed?

8. Beringia

9. What is the term for a narrow body of water that joins two larger bodies of water between land masses?

10. strait

11. How many miles is the Bering Strait, from Asia to Alaska?

12. 56 miles

13. How wide was the “land bridge” of Beringia?

14. about 1,000 miles wide

15. When did the migration from Asia to the Americas end?

16. when the last ice age ended, about 10,000 years ago

17. What caused Beringia to disappear?

18. The ice age ended, glaciers receded, and the melted water caused the oceans to rise and cover the area.

19. The first Americans were hunters, following their food source. What was that food source?

20. the mammoth(and the giant bison)

21. Farming was discovered about 8,000 years ago. How did this change the lives of early Americans?

22. They could settle down in one place, and didn’t have to wander from place to place in search of food.

23. The early Native Americans had no written language. How do we know so much about them?

24. Archeologists study their artifacts.

25. What are artifacts?

26. objects made by people who lived long ago (such as tools and weapons)

27. Scientists who study artifacts to learn about the past are known as.

28. archeologists

29. What is the term for “relatives who lived before you”?

30. ancestors

31. What enabled Native groups to begin to grow in population, with settlement of larger cities?

32. agriculture—learning to farm, which allowed for a steady supply of food

33. What is the meaning of the Spanish term “pueblo”?

34. town

35. What area was home to the Natives of the Pacific Northwest?

36. the Pacific coast from Alaska to northern California

37. Name the four major groups of early Native Americans.

38. Pacific NorthwestSouthwestPlainsEastern Woodlands

39. Eastern Woodland Natives cleared land for farming by a method known as.

40. slash-and-burn method

41. After preparing an area for planting by using the slash-and-burn method, why did the Native People leave the tree stumps in the field?

42. they had no way of removing them—no machinery or domesticated work animals

43. What is the term that means everything around us, including the land, air, water, plants, animals?

44. environment

45. Why did the Eastern Woodland people move their villages every ten years or so?

46. the soil would be worn out from farming

47. What is the name for the area between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River?

48. the Plains(the Great Plains and the Eastern Plains)

49. Why did the Plains tribal groups do very little farming?

50. The land was covered by short grass with tough roots, making it almost impossible to dig up the soil without metal tools.