The first Americans

The first people migrated from Asia to North, Central, and South America During the last _____________________.

• Ice Age

• Civil War

Early people reached the Americas thousands of years ago crossing _____________, a frozen land bridge that is now under the Bering Strait.

• the river

• the dock

• Baringia.

What cause the land bridge to become exposed?

• A tidal wave came.

• The sea level dropped.

• A hurricane.

Several great civilizations arose in present-day Mexico and in __________________ and ______________________.

• africa and jamaica

• tanzania and hawaii

• Central and South America

The most advanced were the Omec, Maya, ______________ and the ____________.

• Aztec and Inca

• Indians and cowboys

• Chinese and Spanish.

The ___________ people lived in what is now Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras between central and South America.

• Olmec

• Maya

• Aztec

• Inca

One thing Olmec people gathered from reading was ______________

• they produced enough food to sustain cities

• They learned to get along with others.

• They produced a lot of cotton.

One thing Olmec people gathered from reading was ______________

• They sculptured large stone monuments

• they made mummies

• they grew a lot of fruit.

__________________ influences culture by determining their clothing, food and housing structures.

• climate

• global warming

• people.

__________________________ decides food sources.

• animals

• cloud patterns

• geographic location