Timelines & Early People of the Americas

_______ are scientists who study human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains.

• Archeologists

• Biologists

• Chemists

• Physicists

A timeline can help you ______________ of events and _______ between events.

(a)   ​ (b)  

• understand the order,
• amoount of time

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.3

_______ is the land bridge that the earliest humans used to reach the Americas.

• Beringia

• Siberia

• Atlantis

• Pangaea

How did the earliest people in the Americas get their food before farming? _______ , _______ , and _______

(a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

• hunt,
• farm, trade, ad cook
• plant, harvest, and store
• domesticate,
• fish
• gather
• cultivate,
• irrigate

What did the Paleo-Indians use to make the buildings in the first villages? _______ and _______

• mud, branches

• stone, wood

• clay, straw

• brick, mortar

Why was pottery first made?

• to store food

• as a form of artistic expression

• to trade with other communities

• to use as musical instruments

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.W.5.2B

What was the greatest factor that led to permanent settlements in the Americas? _______ to _______ , _______

• they learned to farm, agriculture

• discovered, trade, commerce

• migrated, hunt, survival

• explored, fish, sustenance

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.8

CCSS.W.5.2B

CCSS.W.5.9A

What is the water called ?

• Bering Sea

• Bering Lake

• Bearing Drive

• Bearing Ocean

What two countries are connected by the Bering Strait Land Bridge?

• Alaska

• Atlanta

• Russia

• Rochester

What was one way peoople got across the land bridge?

• foot

• horseback

• Uber

• bus