Timelines & Early People

A timeline can help you understand the order of events and amounts of time between events.

• False

• True

Using the timeline above, what is the oldest date on the timeline?

• 1911 CE

• 250 CE

• 8,000 BCE

• 1200 BCE

Using the timeline above, what event is the most recent?

• Olmec civilization disappears

• Early Man crossed the Bering Strait

• Inca city Machu Picchu rediscovered

• Aztecs settle in Mexico

Using the timeline above, how many years were there between the Beginning of the Olmec Civilization and when the Olmec Civilization disappeared? (use subtraction)

• 1,100 years

• 11 years

• 30,000 years

Using the timeline above, in what year did Columbus meet Mayan traders?

• 2023 CD

• 1911 CE

• 1200 BCE

• 1502 CE

Scientists who study the lives of ancient humans by looking at what man made objects were left behind.

• Astronomer

• Geographer

• Chemist

• Archeologist

Name the land bridge that the earliest humans used to reach the Americas:

• Nahuatl

• Zapotec

• Peace Bridge of Niagara Falls

• Beringia (Bering Strait Land Bridge)

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

• Bricks and mortar

• Cement

• Mud and branches

• Wooden barrels

Why was pottery first made?

• To use as hats

• To store food

• As weapons for war

• For decoration

What are main ways how the Paleo-Indians first get their food?

• They went to Wegmans

• They farmed

• hunting and gathering