Vocabulary Review for Test 1

Many historians believe that the first Americans ________________ from Asia to North American walking across what is now the Bering Strait.

• migrated

• bison

• civilization

• irrigation

Many historians believe that the first Americans Migrated from Asia to North American walking across what is now the Bering Strait. This is called the ____________________________________.

• Irrigation

• Land Bridge Theory

• Culture Area

• Adapt

Once they settled in North America these people because developing their own _______________________, or way of life

• agriculture

• hunter-gatherer

• migrate

• culture

Some were ________________________ who used the land to hunt and gather for food

• Agriculture

• Migrate

• Bison

• Hunter-gatherers

As time went on some of these groups began to practice __________________ and used _______________ to water their crops.

• civilization, adapt

• agriculture, irrigation

• culture, migrate

• culture area, economy

Practicing agriculture allowed the ancient Americans to create more permanent _________________________.

• irrigation

• migrated

• bison

• civilizations

Once they created more permanent living they were able to better _____________________ to the land and survive.

• adapt

• migrated

• civilization

• bison

For example the Plains people developed hunting techniques to hunt the ____________________________ that roamed the plains in the millions.

• bunnies

• bison

• boar

• birds

By adapting to the different lands the early Native Americans created their own unique ____________________.

• culture areas

• migrated

• Land Bridge Theory

• irrigation