Hunters and Gatherers 1.3

Hunters and Gatherers 1.3

Guiding Question: How did people adapt to survive during the Ige Ages?

​The Ice Ages

• ​long periods of extreme cold that affected all of Earth.

• ​most recent Ice Age was 100,00 years ago

• ​thick sheets of ice, glaciers, moved across parts of Europe, Asia, and North America

​What Changes Came with the Ice Age?

• ​as glaciers grew, water levels of oceans lowered

• ​low sea levels exposed land

  • ​a land bridge connected Asia and North America

  • ​Paleolithic people traveled this and moved southward to different regions

Open Ended

Why would early people have crossed the land bridge from Asia to North America?

Multiple Choice

What does the purple region on the map represent?

• Asia

• North America

• Ice Age landbridge

• Siberia

Multiple Choice

What bodies of water border the land bridge?

• Arctic Ocean and Siberia

• Siberia and Alaska

• Bering Sea and Alaska

• Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean

​How Did the Ice Ages Affect Humans?

• ​to survive, humans had to adapt or change many areas of their life

  • ​diets: enriched meals with fat

  • ​shelters: built sturdier shelters

  • ​clothing: made with animal fur

  • ​fire: kept people warm

• ​Ice Age lasts 90,000 years, ending between 9,000-8,000 BC