The First Americans

The study of ancient peoples is called archaeology.

• true

• false

The tools, weapons, and artwork of early peoples are called _____.

• archaeology

• nomad

• carbon dating

• artifacts

The land bridge that connected Asia and the Americas was called?

• Siberia

• Antarctica

• Alaska

• Beringia

The crossing of the land bridge was a migration, a movement of a large number of people into a new area.

• True

• false

People who move from place to place in search of hunting grounds or food sources are called?

• archaeologist

• mastodons

• nomads

• cultures

What happened to the Beringia land bridge when the ice age began to end and temperatures started to rise?

• It was destroyed by an earthquake.

• The oceans rose and covered it with water

• It stayed the same and still connects the continents today

• It grew wider and allowed more people to migrate.

When the number of large mammals began to disappear, people had to find different _____ for food.

• sources

• estimates

• nomads

• cultures

Farming changed the nomadic way of life?

• TRUE

• FALSE

Culture is defined as _____.

• a method of farming

• a scientific dating technique

• an approximate number

• a way of life

The Olmec, Maya, Aztec, and Inca were highly developed societies, also called _____.

• artifacts

• civilizations

• quipus

• hieroglyphics