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A.D. 1200
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Mississippians build active culture on banks of Mississippi River.
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About 23,000 B.C., 1/3 of earth's surface was covered with huge sheets of ice called
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glaciers
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The surface of the oceans was about ____ feet lower than today in 23,000 B.C.
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300
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The land bridge existed until about ___________ B.C., when the temperatures rose and caused the glaciers to melt.
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12,000
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Over time, _________ from the melting glaciers covered the land bridge.
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water
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The land bridge from Asia to North America that hunters crossed was in an area called the
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Bering Strait
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The hunters who walked across the land bridge into North America were the ancestors of the people we now call
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Native Americans
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Very important periods of history are called
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epochs
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The Beringian epoch was from ___________ B.C. when the main group of hunters came to North America.
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13,000-9500
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_________ covered most of Canada, _________ stretched across the United States, and ___________ swept into Mexico.
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glaciers
forests grasslands |
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North America had many of the animals hunters had followed from Asia such as
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wooly mammoths
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Warming weather changed these lands during the Paleo-Indian epoch from _____________ B.C.
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9500-6000
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The western grasslands of North America became hot __________, and large grass-eating animals died out for want of food.
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deserts
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Hunters made smaller and better _______ to hunt for food.
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weapons
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American Indians hunted _________, _________, and deer.
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bison
caribou |
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American Indians lived off the land during the Archaic epoch from __________ B.C.
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6000-1000
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People who lived near water built _______ for fishing.
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boats
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During the Archaic epoch, American Indians also learned to plant and harvest ________, _________, and other crops.
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corn
beans |
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Planting and harvesting is called
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agriculture
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New food crops allowed American Indians to grow in __________.
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number
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American Indians developed into many different cultures during the Postarchaic epoch from ___________ B.C.
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1000B.C.-A.D. 1500)
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By A.D. 1500, American Indians wore ___________ made of everything from animal skins to cloth made from _________.
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clothing
plants |
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American Indians from the Postarchaic epoch lived in simple huts made of _____ bark and ____, or in wooden houses on stilts
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tree
mud |
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The Chipewyans hunted _________ across the cold, bare regions of what is now Canada.
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caribou
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The _________ of Mexico grew into powerful societies. The center of Aztec culture was the city of Tenochtitlan.
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Aztec
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In the Aztec city of Tenochtitlan, __________ people lived among canals, temples and islands.
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100,000
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