Early Migration and Alaska Quiz

What is prehistory?

• The period of time before written record

• The study of ancient human remains

• The study of human societies and cultures

• The time when glaciers covered a large area of the planet

What is Pangea?

• The continent that existed as a single landmass before it broke apart

• A period in Earth's history when the ice on the polar caps significantly expands

• A member of a people having no permanent abode

• The land and maritime area bounded by the Lena River in Russia

What is a nomad?

• The period of time before written record

• The study of human societies and cultures

• A member of a people having no permanent abode

• The study of the ancient and recent human past through material remains

What is a theory?

• The study of the ancient and recent human past through material remains

• The period in Earth's history when the ice on the polar caps significantly expands

• The time when glaciers covered a large area of the planet

• An idea or set of ideas that is intended to explain facts or events

What is an ice age?

• The study of human societies and cultures

• The study of the ancient and recent human past through material remains

• A period in Earth's history when the ice on the polar caps significantly expands

• The period of time before written record

What is the Bering Land Bridge?

• The study of the ancient and recent human past through material remains

• The land and maritime area bounded by the Lena River in Russia

• The continent that existed as a single landmass before it broke apart

• The land bridge that connected Asia to North America during the Ice Age

What does indigenous mean?

• Having originated in and being produced, growing, living, or occurring naturally in a particular region or environment

• A member of a people having no permanent abode

• The period of time before written record

• The study of human societies and cultures

What is archaeology?

• The period in Earth's history when the ice on the polar caps significantly expands

• The study of human societies and cultures

• The study of the ancient and recent human past through material remains

• A member of a people having no permanent abode

What is anthropology?

• The study of the ancient and recent human past through material remains

• The study of human societies and cultures

• The period in Earth's history when the ice on the polar caps significantly expands

• The period of time before written record

What are fossils?

• The study of human societies and cultures

• The geologically altered remains of a once-living organism and/or its behavior

• The period in Earth's history when the ice on the polar caps significantly expands

• A member of a people having no permanent abode