First Americans Vocabulary Terms

An object made by a human being, typically an item of cultural or historical interest

• artifact

• beringia

• the Clovis people

• Cultural area

They are one of the oldest known cultures in ancient North America.

• Cultural Area

• The eastern Hemisphere

• The Clovis Peoples

• Artifact

A geographic region in which societies share many traits

• Artifact

• The Clovis People

• Cultural Area

• Beringia

During the ice age, people walked over a land bridge

• Artifact

• Beringia

• The Clovis People

• Cultural Area

Is the half of the planet Earth which is east of the prime meridian and west of the anti-meridian

• Indigenous

• Migrate

• Theory

• The Eastern Hemisphere

To Move from one country, place to another

• Indigenous

• Migrate

• Theory

• Cultural Area

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

• Migrate

• Theory

• Indigenous

• Artifact

Part of Earth comprising North and South America and surrounding waters.

• Theory

• The Western Hemisphere

• Migrate

• Indigenous

Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place

• Migrate

• Theory

• Indigenous

• Artifact

A holiday in the United States that celebrates and honors Indigenous American peoples

• Migrate

• The Western Hemisphere

• Theory

• Indigenous Peoples Day