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First Americans
Review for the First Americans
| Question | Answer | Chapter/Section# |
|---|---|---|
| For about how long did the first Americans have the continent to themselves? | For about 1,000 years. | 1.1 First Americans Introduction |
| What is the great spirit responsible for creating? | Created plants, land, and animals. And from living wood, carved man. | 1.1 First Americans Introduction |
| The first Americans migrated on foot across the Beringia, from where? | They traveled from Siberia in Asia to | #1)1.2 Migration Routes of the First Americans |
| Beringia? | A wide bridge of land between Asia and North America.Attracted large Asian mammals(mammoths)and other animals over the course of over thousands of years. Siberian hunting families slowly followed their food source. | 2)1.2 Migration Routes of the First Americans |
| MOving Across America. | -hunters followed animals south where spring brought forth fresh grasses - 10,000 years ago the Earth warmed -the land bridge disappeared -mammoths and other prey began to die off | 4)1.2 Migrating Routes of the First Americans |
| MOving Across America. Continued. | ...the reason unknown (maybe change in climate, disease,or over hunting) -due to change they became hunters and gatherers,catching smaller animals,fishing more,collecting edible plants and seeds -found new materials for clothing and shelter | 5)1.2 Migrating Routes of the First Americans |
| Frigid regions of far north hunting,and clothing habits. | early Americans surveyed in summer by hunting caribou and sea mammals in winter | 1.3 First Americans Adapt tot the Environment |
| Beringia? Continued. | Eventually -maybe between 10,000 and 20,000 years ago- some hunters reached America. Other immigrants might have traveled along the coast of Beringia by sail(boat) to catch seals, fish, and marine mammals. | 3)1.2 Migration Routes of the First Americans |