The First Americans (Ancient American Civilizations)

Beringia is the name of the land bridge that once connected

• North America and South America.

• Alaska and California.

• Asia and North America.

• Africa and North America.

The first Americans ended up in North America after a long migration, because

• they were looking for new land to start a new civilization.

• they followed their food source as they slowly moved towards the Americas.

• they were trying to find North America.

• they were running away from the giant mammals.

A people's way of life is their

• theory.

• culture.

• climate.

• artifacts.

The movement of people from one place to another is called

• migration.

• glacier.

• origin story.

• nomads.

According to many experts, how did the first wave of people arrive in the Americas?

• Taking a boat across the Pacific Ocean from what is now Japan
• Walking over a land bridge in what is now the Bering Strait
• ait C. Swimming across a channel separating modern Russia and Alaska
• Canoeing across the Atlantic Ocean from northern Africa

A group of Native Americans that share the same culture live in the same...

• Region
• State
• Country
• Continent

What is a natural resource? 

• Materials  in nature that people can use. 
• Materials in the classroom that people can use.
• Technology that people can use. 
• Anything found in my desk. 

Native Americans were ___________ , which means they traveled from place to place in search of animals to hunt, fish to catch, and fruits and nuts to collect.

• farmers

• hunter-gathers

• none of these

• nomads

What does migrate mean?

• to fish

• to swim

• to move

• to combine

The first people traveled from Asia to North America  __________ years ago.

• 15,000 years ago

• 100 years ago

• 500 years ago

• 1,000 years

  ago