M2 S1 - Settling Prehistoric Americas

Question 1

Was there Hunter-gathering or Agriculture in this time period?

Answer 1

Hunter-gatherer lifestyles persisted throughout the Americas due to various factors

Question 2

Beringia

Answer 2

A land bridge from Africa to America
- helped people migrate to America
- the build up of glaciers created the Bering Straight

Question 3

Ice Age

Answer 3

The age of time in which everything was covered in glaciers and snow

Question 4

Migration

Answer 4

The movement of people and animals to different regions
They migrated from Siberia to America

Question 5

Clovis

Answer 5

the Clovis people had been the first to reach the Americas, about 11,500 years ago

Question 6

Monte Verde

Answer 6

an archaeological site in the Llanquihue Province in southern Chile

Question 7

Hunter-Gatherer

Answer 7

everyone in the ice age were hunter-gatherers

Question 8

Pastoral

Answer 8

keeping and grazing sheep or cattle

Question 9

Why did Hunter-gatherers start migrating?

Answer 9

the ice age caused animals to migrate, so the hunter-gatherers followed