Unit 1 Vocab. Quiz Flashcards

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What is a region?

Back

An area with shared characteristics

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Name three characteristics that might define a region:

Back

Language, food, and clothing

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How might understanding regions help us study history and geography?

Back

It helps us group similar areas and cultures together.

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What is a hunter-gatherer?

Back

Someone who hunts animals and gathers plants for food.

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How did hunter-gatherers obtain their food?

Back

By hunting animals and collecting wild plants.

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Why did hunter-gatherers often move from place to place?

Back

They followed food sources as seasons changed.

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How does the hunter-gatherer lifestyle relate to adapting to the environment?

Back

They moved to follow food sources and seasons.

Front

What was the Bering Land Bridge?

Back

An ancient land connection between Asia and North America.

Front

During what time period did the Bering Land Bridge exist?

Back

During the last Ice Age (between 24,000 and 21,000 years ago).

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Why was the Bering Land Bridge important for human migration?

Back

It allowed early humans to cross from Asia to North America.