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The first Americans lesson one Flashcards

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name all (hint there is 6) of the regions of the North American peoples.

A

Arctic, northwest coast, southwest coast, great plains, northeast woodlands, southeast woodlands.

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what is a strait

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a narrow passage of water connecting two big areas of water

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what is a glacier

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a large moving sheet of ice

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what is an ice age

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a period of colder temperatures

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what were nomads

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people who moved from place to place in search of hunting grounds

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what was the Beringia

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a land bridge connecting northeast Asia and Alaska

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what was the Neolithic revolution

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a time when Nomads became agricultural

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who were the Paleo Indians

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they were the first to arrive in America

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what is a land bridge

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a connection between two land masses

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what does adapt mean

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to adjust something like your lifestyle

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what is diversity

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difference

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what is domestication

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the taming of an animal and keeping it as a pet or a farm animal

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how did the first Americans come here

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they followed animals in the ice age across the land bridge

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When did the latest ice age start

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100,000 years ago

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When did the latest ice age end

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12,000 years ago

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how did farming change life for Native Americans and how did domestication change lives of early Americans

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they could grow their own food and they could use some animals to help them on their hunts like tamed wolfs

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how did the neolithic revolution change life’s of early natives

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people did not have to move from place to place

18
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where were the Mayas located

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Mexico

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where were the Incas located

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stretched from Colombia to northern Argentina and Chile.

20
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where were the Aztecs located

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Lake Texcoco

21
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what happend after the ice age

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fertile soil glaciars melted and waters rised

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