The First Americans

extends both north and south of the Equator

• The Caribbean

• South America

• hunter-gatherers

• Yucatán Peninsula

• mounds

created by the early people who lived east of the Mississippi River, to be used as tombs or for ceremonies

• The Caribbean

• South America

• hunter-gatherers

• Yucatán Peninsula

• mounds

used animals for food, clothing, and shelter

• The Caribbean

• South America

• hunter-gatherers

• Yucatán Peninsula

• mounds

collective name for a group of islands located north of the Equator

• The Caribbean

• South America

• hunter-gatherers

• Yucatán Peninsula

• mounds

home of the Maya

• The Caribbean

• South America

• hunter-gatherers

• Yucatán Peninsula

• mounds

 The four geographical areas of the Americas are North America, South America, Central America, and ___ _________.

• the Arctic

• Argentina

• The Caribbean

• Tierra Del Fuego

A land bridge to Alaska was made possible by which of the following?

• archaeologists

• the development of stone tools

• last Ice Age

• prehistoric people

As farming spread, people began to

• fight with one another

• move southward

• rely on hunting and gathering

• settle in one place

Where did the Olmec establish their civilization?

• Gulf of Mexico coast

• present-day Peru

• south central Mexico

• Yucatán Peninsula