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15 Cards in this Set
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The land bridge theory suggests -
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hunting groups traveled to North America across Beringia.
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Which happened first?
giant animals starved and died out - nomadic people began to settle - Ice Age ended, climate warmed - more advanced civilizations developed |
The Ice Age ended and the climate warmed, causing the glaciers to melt.
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The Olmec and Mayan civilizations -
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were both divided into social classes.
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Which early American civilization lived in groups of homes called pueblos?
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the Anasazi
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The dry desert environment required the Southwest Indians -
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to adapt their entire way of life to it, planting crops such as corn and storing the surplus.
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Chapter 2
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The Earliest Americans
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Who built dugouts to hunt whales?
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the Makahs
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Why did the Plains Indians use every part of the buffalo they hunted?
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They relied upon the buffalo as one of their most important resources.
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What is a teepee?
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A cone-shaped tent made of wooden poles covered with buffalo skins.
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What did the Algonquians and the Iroquois have in common?
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They were both from the Eastern Woodlands area.
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A(n) _____ tells about the beginnings of Native American people.
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origin story
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Ancient Indians gradually began to plant seeds and grow food crops, beginning the practice of _____.
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agriculture
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A food _____ meant survival for thr Pueblo people during times of drought.
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surplus
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The Chinooks and other Northwest Coast Indians showed their wealth by holding _____.
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potlatches
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_____ is grassy earth held together by roots, cut into blocks or mats, and used to cover lodges.
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Sod
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