The First Americans

Little is known about the possible origins of the American Indians who first lived in North America.

• True

• False

An Ice Age is a time when huge sheets of ice and snow cover parts of Earth's land and sea.

• True

• False

What was the strip of land people used to cross from Asia to North America?

• Ice Age

• Beringia

A hunter-gatherer is a person who collects plants and hunts wild animals for food.

• True

• False

A descendant is a relative, such as a person's children and grandchildren.

• True

• False

The ancient Texans probably reached the Texas plains more than 15,000 years ago.

• True

• False

The ancient Texans did not adapt to the environment.

• True

• False

Flint is a hard rock that people shaped into points for spears and arrows.

• True

• False

Trade made it possible for people to have access to resources that could not easily be made or found where they lived.

• True

• False

At the end of the Ice Age, which was not a main crop?

• corn

• beans

• squash

• rice