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15 Cards in this Set
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3 main theories of how the first people came to North America
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LAND BRIDGE THEORY
EARLY ARRIVAL THEORY ORIGIN STORIES THEORY |
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huge, slow-moving sheets of ice that largely covered the earth during the Ice Age
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GLACIERS
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a possible explanaiton of why or how something happened
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THEORY
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scientists who study the cultures of humans who lived long ago
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ARCHEOLOGISTS
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objects made by ancient people, when found, can help scientist understand the past
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ARTIFACTS
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a relative of someone who lived long ago
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ANCESTOR
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the person living today who is related to an ancestor
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DESCENDANT
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people of long ago who did not have a settled home but wandered about in search of food, usually hunting after animal herds
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NOMADS
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what was the main food source of ancient Americans?
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GIANT ANIMAL SUCH AS THE WOOLY MAMMOTHS, MASTODONS, AND SABRE-TOOTHED TIGERS PROVIDED MEAT, SHELTER, AND CLOTHING
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the latest design or invention used to accomplish a task
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TECHNOLOGY
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spears with a sharpened Clovis point of a tip
atlatl spear that allowed a hunter to throw with great force against the giant animals |
ANCIENT AMERICAN TECHNOLOGY
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the dying out of a species of animal or other living thing
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EXTINCT
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why did the ancient animals become extinct?
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THE ICE AGE ENDED, THE EARTH BECAME, WARMER, MANY PLANTS THAT THE ANCIENT ANIMALS ATE NO LONGER GREW, AND THE ANIMALS DIED BECAUSE THEY HAD NO FOOD SOURCE
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some ancient Americans learned how to plant seeds and grow their own food which became the beginning of _____________________.
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AGRICULTURE
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what were the main food sources of the Northwest?
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LITTLE AGRICULTURE, MUCH HUNTING, FISHING, WHALING
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