Migration & Settlement -Pre Columbian Era

Indigenous means

• exotic or beautiful

• originating from or native to a particular region

• stubborn

• special or different

Where were the indigenous peoples of the Americas and Caribbean region believed to have originated?

• Canada

• England

• Mexico

• Mongolia

Where did Native Americans first migrate from?

• Africa

• Asia

• Europe

• South America

To move from one place to another without a permanent settlement

• big game

• migrate

• Ice Age

• adaptation

People who move from place to place usually following a food source are called?

• Adaptive

• Nomads

• Modification

• Indigenous

Early people were self- sufficient. This means...

• they knew a lot of things about he natural resources around them.

• they cooked their food

• they were hunters and gatherers, they planted and hunter their own food.

• they knew how to use the various resources around them to survive.

A long period where much of the Earth's surface was covered in ice

• big game

• migrate

• Ice Age

• adaptation

1. Fill in the blanks.

The Early man migrated across the ___________ into America between 15,000 and 10,000 years ago.

• Siberia

• Alaska

• Bering Straits

• ice Bridge

3. Early man followed__________________. They were ____________________ and _________________________.

• Wild herds... Hunters and Gatherers.

• farmers... fishers and miners.

• self- sufficient... maize and cassava

• each other.... young and beautiful.

What are some of the terms used to refer to the people who first lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

• Native Americans

• American Indians

• Indigenous People

• All of the above