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The First Americans
Review For The First Americans
| Question | Answer | Section |
|---|---|---|
| How did the First Americans adapt to there environment? | The First Americans adapted to there environment by using natural resources. | Chapter 1 1.1 introduction |
| What ocean separates Alaska and Asia? | The ocean that separates Alaska and Asia is called Bering Strait. | Chapter 1 1.2 Across a Land Bridge |
| What exposed a wide bridge of land between Asia and North America? | There was an Ice Age that had began. When temperatures dropped it cause the earth to be covered by glaciers. Levels of the oceans had dropped 200 ft. | Chapter 1 1.2 Across a Land Bridge |
| How many long ago did the Europeans migrate to North America? | The Europeans migrated to North America a little more than 500 years ago. | Chapter 1 1.1 Introduction |
| How did the early Americans survive? | The early Americans usually survived by hunting caribou in the summer and sea mammals in the winter. Also used natural resources that they would have in their environment. | Chapter 1 1.3 Using Natural Resources |
| Why do you think 7,000 years later they started to learn how to grow crops? | They learned 7,000 years later to grow crops because it enabled them to settle in one place instead of following animals or searching for edible plants. | Chapter 1 1.3 Using Natural Resources |
| Why do you think that 1 to 2 million American Indians lived in the regions of north Mexico? | I think that 1 to 2 million American Indians lived in north Mexico because it was a cultural region land mark which means were a group of people share a similar culture and language. | Chapter 1 1.3 American Indian Cultural Regions |
| Why would American Indians believe that nature had its own spirit? | American Indians believed that nature had it own spirit because the hunters would give thanks to to the animals they killed in order to live. Plus corn was part of everyday ceremony. | Chapter 1 1.4 Nature's Spirits |
| What happened after the Woodlands people set fires to clear heavy forest growth and Southwest farmers but carriers to carry water to dry fields? | These practices seldom harmed the environment. It had replenished itself. | Chapter 1 1.4 Using the Land |
| Why were Mammoths and other traditional pray beginning to die off? | The Mammoths and other pray began to die off because, from disease, over hunting,and change in the climate. The "American Indians" had to find other sources of food such as plants, seeds, and fishing more. | Chapter 1 1.2 Migration Routes of the First Americans |