Native Americans and European Explorers

When did the first Americans arrive in North America?

• 200,000 years ago

• 22,000 years ago

• 10,000 years ago

• 50,000 years ago

Land bridge that once connected Asia to Alaska

• Pangaea

• Oregon Trail

• Bering Straight (Beringia)

• Northern Land Bridge

Large Animals hunted for food

• Buffalo

• small game

• bears

• Big game

This development led to the creation of civilizations and people settling down

• hunting/gathering

• financial security

• agriculture

• nomadic culture

What is glyph writing?

• writing using symbols and images

• writing using an alphabet

• a spoken language

• pictures

homes build into rocks

• cliff dwellings

• mesas

• kivas

• potlatches

Underground ceremonial chambers for religious ceremonies

• cliff dwellings

• potlatches

• kivas

• burial grounds

Potlatches

• cliff dwellings

• burial rites

• ceremonies where tribes gave away large quantities of their possessions

• underground ceremonial chambers

Where were the maya located?

• near Guatemala and Yucatan Peninsula

• Canada

• South America

• Argentina

Where were the Aztec located?

• Guatemala

• Mexico

• Peru

• North America