Chapter 5: The Ancient Americans

A thin body of water that connects two larger bodies of water...

• shaman
• strait
• land bridge

Early people came to the Americas across this...

• maize
• migration
• land bridge

People moving across a large area is called...

• migration
• basalt
• shaman

The most important crop for early farmers in ancient Mexico was...

• maize
• basalt
• calendar

The Olmecs studied the stars and developed a...

• calendar
• land bridge
• shaman

Olmec priests were called...

• shamans
• fathers
• Gods

The first people in the Americas crossed the ________ Strait.

• Bering
• Nile
• Mississippi

The early people who came to North America from Asia were _______ who traveled looking for food.

• dinosaurs
• nomads
• cavemen

The early Americans hunted _______.

• mammoths
• crocodiles
• horses

In 8000 BC people began to farm is an area that is now called ...

• Europe
• China
• Mexico