First Peoples of America

The study of the material remains of ancient people is known as?

• Artifact

• Archaeology

• Carbon Dating

• Migration

Where do archaeologists believe the earliest Americans came from?

• Europe

• South America

• Antarctica

• Asia

Which of the was a land bridge that connected another continent to America

• Alaska

• Atlantic Ocean

• Bering Strait

• Beringia

If not by the land bridge, how else would humans have reached the Americas

• Plane

• Swim

• Boat

• Train

People who wander from place to place and have no settled home are called

• migration.

• glacier.

• origin story.

• nomads.

What is the most accepted theory of how early people found their way to the Americas?

• The Oceania Theory

• The Atlantic Theory

• The Boat Theory

• The Bering Land Bridge Theory

Spear tips that were first found in _____ were offered as evidence for the Land Bridge theory because similar points have been discovered in the area around Beringia.

• Sendai, Japan

• Hokkaido, Japan

• Neah Bay, Washington

• Clovis, New Mexico

• Fairbanks, Alaska

How were the first settlers of the America believed to have been influenced by Beringia?

• Beringia was a frozen land bridge caused by lower water levels during the last ice age, creating a new path of travel between Eurasia and the Americas.

• Beringia was an island between Eurasia and the Americas which provided a midway stop for supplies, making travel between the areas possible.

• Beringia was land mass connecting Eurasia with the Americas, until it sunk completely, stranding a portion of the population in the Americas.

• Beringia was the first primitive ship built by Stone Age people, and effectively the beginning of water travel between continents.

The Oceania Theory is based on the notion that cultural and linguistic similarities exist between native South American peoples and those from:

• Australia and Indonesia

• Australia and Polynesia

• North America and Oceania

• Austria and Polynesia

• Alaska and Asia

Why is the finding of the Kennewick Man considered evidence for the Oceania Theory?

• The burial clothes of Kennewick Man adhere to the burial traditions of the Xiachuan Islanders in China.

• Kennewick Man was carrying spear points that were very similar to points found in Europe.

• The features of the Kennewick Man remains are in line with the Ainu, a native people of Hokkaido, Japan.

• Tests of the remains revealed that Kennewick Man had a dairy-free diet, eliminating the possibility of European descent.

• The remains revealed that Kennewick Man had been subjected to a skull reshaping ritual unique to the Balkan Illyrians.