Chapter 1 Section 1 Migration to the Americas

Question 1

Things that are left behind by early people are called _____

Answer 1

artifacts

Question 2

People who move from place to place are known as _____

Answer 2

nomads

Question 3

_____ is when a group of people move from one place to another

Answer 3

migration

Question 4

_____ is an early form of corn

Answer 4

maize

Question 5

______ is a scientific method that archaeologists use to date artifacts

Answer 5

carbon dating

Question 6

______ was a source of food for early hunters during the ice age

Answer 6

mammoth

Question 7

First Americans came from 1)______ over a 2)______ to the Americas during the ice age. The land bridge is referred to as 3)_____. They were 4)______________

Answer 7

1) Siberia
2) land bridge
3) Beringia
4) following the mammoth

Question 8

The development of 1)_____, particularly the farming of 2)_____, was what allowed the first Native Americans to settle down and begin to create the first civilizations in the western hemisphere.

Answer 8

1) farming
2) corn(maize)