Chapter 1 Vocabulary

Can you guess the term used for the 'mass movement of people from one place to another'?

• migration

• archeology

• sedentary

• culture

Imagine you're playing a game of word treasure hunt! Can you find the word that means "to move from place to place"?

• culture

• artifact

• nomad

• society

Let's take a trip back in time! The Olmec, Maya, Aztec, and Inca were all highly developed societies. Can you guess what they are also called?

• Artifacts from the past

• Thriving Civilizations

• Quipus, a form of communication

• Hieroglyphics, a form of writing

Imagine you're an explorer, traveling the world! You stumble upon an area where everyone seems to live in a similar way and speak the same language. What would you call this area?

• A cultural region

• A sphere of influence

• A common zone

Imagine you're an explorer, traveling to different parts of the world. You notice that each group of people has their own unique way of life, including beliefs, customs, food, dwellings, and clothing. What would you call this unique way of life of each group?

• traits

• culture

• environment

• natural resources

Beringia was the land bridge that is now a narrow passage of water between two larger bodies of land, what is that called?

• Sea

• River

• Strait

• Isthmus

The ancestors of our Native Americans came from where?

• Europe

• Australia

• Canada

• Asia

According to the map above, a land bridge during the Ice Age allowed migration between which two continents?

• South America and North America

• North America and Europe

• Asia and North America

• Europe and Asia

How did the earliest humans get to North and South America?

• Beringia
• Crusades
• Silk Road
• In large trade ships

Very cold temperatures, glaciers and large frozen areas relate to which time period? 

• Ice Age
• 1950's
• Stone Age
• First Day of School